Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank v. Burns

The defendant Paul J. Burns, administrator, appeals from a judgment entered in a Probate Court refusing to allow or reducing the amount to be allowed for certain payments made by him for fees and services and surcharging him on his bond in the amount of $261,453.38. The Probate Court judge found that Burns was “so negligent in the administration of the [intestate’s] estate . . . as to have caused substantial losses to the estate and inordinate delays in the administration thereof.”

We summarize the pertinent facts. On June 26, 1969, Maurice P. Shedd died intestate, leaving an estate valued at…