Krivitsky v. Nye

CHAPMAN, J.:

Fred J. Harpster, Sr., a resident of Volusia County, Florida, died testate on October 7, 1926. He, by the terms of his last will and testament, nominated and appointed the Elyria Savings & Trust Company of Elyria, Ohio, as Executor and Trustee, to act as such without bond. The Elyria Savings & Trust Company declined the appointment but H. H. Nye, its trust officer and non-resident of Florida, was on February 19, 1927, by the County Judge of Volusia County, appointed administrator C.T.A., over the objection of some of the beneficiaries. The Harpster, Sr., estate was inventoried and…