Will of Grover

A primary duty imposed on executors and administrators is to collect debts due the estate. 11 Ruling Case Law, p. 267; 23 Corp. Jur. p. 1189; secs. 312.04 and 313.11, Stats. And of course this duty extends to collection of debts from the heirs and legatees. 11 Ruling Case Law, p. 267. There is no duty devolving upon an executor or administrator to advance payment of a legacy to a donee or an inheritance to an heir until an order of distribution has been entered by the county court, although he may do so at his own risk. Williams v. Ely, 13 Wis. 1.

In the performance of his plain duty the…