Shintaffer v. Bell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The appeal is by an executor from a judgment of the district court refusing to approve the executor’s final account, adjudging the executor to be personally liable to the estate in the sum of $35,895, and directing that the executor be not discharged until he accounts to the probate court for that sum.

James K. Shintaffer died on May 8, 1922, leaving a will. The will gave to decedent’s widow a life estate in all his property, real and personal. The will then created several remainders. A specific tract of land was devised to a daughter, Mary…