In Re Estate of Nitti

The petitioners appeal from an order of the Circuit Court dismissing their petition to revoke letters of administration de bonis non issued to Annette Nitti.

The issues are whether the Probate Court had jurisdiction to grant the letters, and whether the petitioners, as alleged debtors of the estate, can object to the appointment of the administrator de bonis non. The first issue turns upon the words “newly discovered assets” in § 95 of the Probate Act (par. 247, ch. 3, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957). The pertinent part of par. 274 is as follows:

“When assets are discovered after distribution of the…