England Loan Company v. Campbell

As I understand the majority opinion, it was necessary to appoint an administrator in succession before a suit could be maintained against a former administrator for waste or conversion of the assets of the estate in favor of one of the distributees of the estate. This is made manifest by the concluding part of. the opinion which holds that Mrs. Graupner, one of the distributees, alone was entitled to recover her share of the proceeds recovered. This was because the debts had been paid by the former administrator, and none of the other distributees had any right to the proceeds except the…