Moore v. Moore
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a probate court, requiring executors to pay a legatee his distributive share of the estate.
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Hearing on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a probate court, requiring executors to pay a legatee his distributive share of the estate. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from an order in the probate branch of the supreme court directing appellants, J. Gales Moore and Edward E. Clement, who are the executors under the will of Daniel McEarlan, to pay forthwith to the appellee, John E. Moore, the distributive share of $11,047.54, with interest, to which he is entitled under said will, the contention of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bonn
There is no question that, as appellants contend, the measure of their responsibility as executors in the administration of the ('state is the care, skill, and diligence of reasonably prudent men in the management of their own affairs. Glasgow v. Lipse, 117 U. S. 327, 29 L. ed. 901, 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 757; 11 R. C. L. Exrs. & Admrs. sec. 340. But the statement-of this abstract rule of law does not aid in the solution of the question in this case, for the reason that the failure of this legatee to receive his distributive share of the estate may not he attributed to the acts of these executors in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Crider v. WagersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
- Glasgow v. LipseSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Rainwater v. HummellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
3Cited by1 opinion
- Godette v. Estate of CoxDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991