United States Ex Rel. Wilson v. Walker
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. This was an action at law on an administrator’s bond. The bond was..made by Charlotte L. Ames- and Cunningham Hazlett, as administrators of the estate of Horatio L. Ames, deceased, with Frederick P; Sawyer and the defendant in error, David Walker, sureties.
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IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. This was an action at law on an administrator’s bond. The bond was..made by Charlotte L. Ames- and Cunningham Hazlett, as administrators of the estate of Horatio L. Ames, deceased, with Frederick P; Sawyer and the defendant in error, David Walker, sureties. It was in a penalty of $120,000, was payable to the United States, and was subject, to the condition that the said Ames and Hazlett should well and truly perform the office of administrators of Horatio Ames, deceased, and discharge the duties of them required as such without any…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice "Woods
delivered the opinion of the court.
The first question presented by the record is, whether it was competent for the administrator de bonis non of the estate of Ames to sue on the bond of the principal administrator to recover money collected by him from the United States and not paid over or accounted for.
It is well settled at common law that “ the title of an administrator de bonis non extends only to the goods and personal estate, Such as leases for years, household goods, &c., which remain in specie and were not administered by the first executor or administrator, as also…
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