Estate of Barrett
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
The opinion in Estate of Barrett was destroyed in the great fire of 1906.
1Opinion of the Court
AUTHORITY OF ONE OF SEVERAL EXECUTORS OR ADMINISTRATORS.
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At Common Law.—Where two or more executors or administrators are appointed, the common law esteems them as one person representing the decedent. Hence each has authority to perform any act, in the ordinary course of administration, that all can do; the acts of one are deemed the acts of all, and bind all and the estate accordingly, inasmuch as corepresentatives have a joint and entire authority over the assets of their decedent. Each has full authority in matters of administrative detail: Willis v. Farley, 24 Cal. 490;…
2Cases cited122 opinions
- Wilson v. MasonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Board of Education v. DaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Barry v. . LambertNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Freese v. Hibernia Savings & Loan SocietyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
- Melone v. RuffinoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1900
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