Fuller v. Dupont
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract under Pub. Sts. c. 143, § 13, (R. L. c. 149, § 23,) in behalf of an administrator de bonis non of an estate represented to be insolvent, against the principal and sureties on the bond of a former administratrix who had been removed.
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Contract under Pub. Sts. c. 143, § 13, (R. L. c. 149, § 23,) in behalf of an administrator de bonis non of an estate represented to be insolvent, against the principal and sureties on the bond of a former administratrix who had been removed. Writ dated February 12, 1900. The case was heard by Braley, J., who confirmed the report of a master to whom the case had been referred, and at the request of the parties reported the case for determination by the full court on the terms quoted in the opinion, raising the questions there considered. The master among other matters found that the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This is an action upon an administratrix’s bond in the usual form against the principal and sureties. The breaches alleged are that the administratrix did not faithfully administer the estate, but wasted and mismanaged the same, and has neglected to render an account after having been duly cited to do so. The case was sent to an auditor who found that there had been a breach of the bond by the administratrix *598in not properly accounting and settling her accounts in the Probate Court, and that the plaintiff was entitled to judgment for the penal sum of the bond. The case was heard by a single…
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