Supreme Court of Pennsylvania May 15, 1836 (Shenck's Administration Account)

The opinion of the' Court was delivered by

Gibson, C. J.

The appellee would have been entitled to exhibit an account, had he been in possession of assets not already accounted for, or had he been out of pocket for disbursements in his office; but not to give him a remedy for a debt due him by the testator in his lifetime.