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ACCOUNT. 41
commissary, not exceeding five per cent, on
any one man's estate: but this allowance must
in no wise be made on slender grounds, much
less unasked for, or adopted for a general rule
in every case.
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Testators frequently bequeath a legacy to
their executors, expressing it to be for a compensation
of their trouble, such a bequest excludes
their claiming the commission of ten per cent.
or any other.
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No commission
to an executor
with a
legacy. |
In cases where there are no know relations
of the intestate, or representatives legally entitled
to the residue, the administrator is directed
by our acts of assembly to pay the balance
into the hands of the visitors of the publick
school of that county, wherein the deceased resided,
for which he is allowed a salary of ten
per cent. if paid in current money, but only
five per cent. if paid in specie.
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Allowance
where the residue
goes to
the free-school. |
The costs expended by an executor or administrator
in a suit against him as such, must in
no case be allowed, unless he produces a certificate
from the court where the action was
brought, that he had probable cause for withstanding
such suit. Nor is interest allowable to
any executor or administrator, on bonds due |
No costs allowable
in
certain cases.
Nor interest
on bond, after
twelve. |
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