State Ex Rel. Raskin v. Schachat

This action was brought against an administrator and his bondsman. The substantial question involved is whether the court adopted the proper rule in assessing the damages. The facts, so far as material, are as follows: Fannie Sehachat, a resident of Norwalk, died intestate June 25th, 1930, and on July 1st, 1930, her son Nathan, one of the defendants, was appointed administrator of her estate, accepted the trust and qualified by giving a probate bond in the sum of $4000 with himself as principal and the defendant The Maryland Casualty Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, as surety. On that date,…