Ayers v. Fay

This action was commenced April 6, 1937, by James E. Ayers, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Elizabeth A. Stanley, deceased, of Washington, Vt. Ayers alleged defendant’s testator, Roy Fay, was one and the same person as William E. Snow, who was appointed administrator of the estate of Elizabeth A. Stanley, on March 31, 1933, and served as such until October 6,1935, at which time he absconded with assets of the estate in excess of $20,000. Ayers sought to impress a trust upon certain bank accounts and other property in Fay’s possession at his death, on the theory the bank accounts…