Bantz v. Bantz

In the autumn of 1873, Mrs. Ann M. Bantz, of Frederick County, died leaving a will, in which her son, Grideon Bantz, was appointed executor. He accepted the trust, and proceeded to administer the estate. He passed three administration accounts, dated respectively on the 15th of December, 1874, the 29th of November, 1876, and the 27th of April, 1878.

At the time of passing the third account, he made distribution of the balance, which his accounts showed to be in his hands, among the devisees under the will; but this distribution was not made under the order of the Orphans’ Court, and was not…