Underwood v. Underwood

I. In the instant trover suit brought by an administrator to recover certain personal goods and choses in action as the property of the intestate, but claimed by the defendant in virtue of an alleged gift inter vivos made to her by such intestate, the defendant was not prevented by estoppel from asserting such claim to the property upon the *644ground that she had applied for temporary letters of administration, and had obtained an order granting the application, and had actually taken oath as such administratrix, where she did not further qualify by giving bond, and did not obtain the letters,…