Texas State Bank & Trust Co. v. St. John

(after stating the case as above).

Those assignments are overruled which question the authority of the temporary administratrix to maintain the suit. Articles 3373 and 3378, R. S., authorize the appointment of temporary administrators with such limited powers as the circumstances of the case may require. There is nothing in the statutes which expressly or impliedly deny the probate court the power to confer upon a temporary administrator power to institute and maintain suits in behalf of the estate. Such an administrator may institute and maintain such a suit if the court appointing him has so…