Taylor v. Deblois
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island
This was an action of debt brought officially by the judges of the court of probate for the benefit of Jane Deblois, a citizen of Massachusetts, upon an administration bond given by her mother, Jane Deblois, with sureties, upon taking administration of the estate of her late husband, Stephen Deblois.
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This was an action of debt brought officially by the judges of the court of probate for the benefit of Jane Deblois, a citizen of Massachusetts, upon an administration bond given by her mother, Jane Deblois, with sureties, upon taking administration of the estate of her late husband, Stephen Deblois. The suit was brought against the defendants, as heirs at law of Silas Dean, one of the sureties upon the administration bond, according to the local law, which makes the estate of the an-, cestor assets for the payment of his debts in the hands of his heirs. Dig. R. I. Laws 1793, pp. 305, 306,…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
Much discussion has taken place as to the nature and effect of the quietus granted by the court of probate. I am not aware, however, that it is any where denied, that the court of probate has complete jurisdiction in the settlement of the accounts of administrators; or that its decree, when rightfully made, is not of binding authority. Indeed, it would be difficult to support such a denial upon principles of general law, since it is a decree of a court of competent and peculiar jurisdiction. But the statute of Rhode Island puts this matter entirely at rest It declares…
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