In re the Estate of Williams

John D. Bennett, S.

This is an application for a certificate of letters of administration, which involves a question as to the status of the County Treasurer as administrator, on which question there appears neither direct statutory provision nor decision directly in point.

On June 23, 1960, H. Bogart Seaman, then County Treasurer of Nassau County, was appointed administrator of this estate. On January 11, 1962, Mr. Seaman’s term of office as County Treasurer expired, and on February 5, 1962, Mr. Seaman, by his attorneys, requested a certificate of letters of administration in this estate.

On…