Will of Robinson v. Robinson

A determination of the questions involved here requires consideration of the duties of an executor and the nature of an action for devastavit. In Coolidge v. Rueth, 209 Wis. 458, 245 N. W. 186, we gave consideration to the duties of an administrator under somewhat analogous conditions. However, the duties imposed by statute upon an administrator differ somewhat from those imposed upon an executor.

Sec. 310.13, Stats., provides that, when any will shall be admitted to probate, the court shall grant letters testamentary and that—

“such estate, after the payment of the just debts and expenses of…