Robinson v. Carroll

Assuming that the evidence has no tendency to show that the decedent left any general estate, the case presents the inquiry whether an alleged liability of a decedent is sufficient to entitle the claimant to require the probate court to appoint an administrator of the decedent’s estate when satisfaction, in whole or in part, of the liability upon its determination has been promised under certain conditions to or in behalf of the decedent by a third party, without showing estate of a general character, and when the promisor is within the jurisdiction.

The statute (P. L., c. 293, s. 8) to be…