Tabler v. Weller

MILLER, Chief Justice:

In this appeal, we are asked to consider whether the Circuit Court of Berkeley County was correct in holding that an attorney who was the executor of an estate should not be held liable for the interest lost when he liquidated interest-bearing United States Series E bonds and placed the proceeds in a noninterest-bearing bank checking account. A collateral issue is whether the executor is precluded from receiving a fee as executor if he is found o liable for the interest.

This suit was initiated by certain beneficiaries of the estate of May Ambrose, who died on January 13,…