Ravkind v. Bergman

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Appeal is from a judgment for plaintiff in a suit to establish the defendant’s liability for indebtedness to plaintiff’s decedent and to secure personal judgment therefor in behalf of decedent’s estate.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded.

We overrule defendant’s contention that plaintiff, who had been appointed Temporary Administrator of decedent’s estate, had no lawful authority to prosecute the cause of ■ action declared upon. The contention is predicated upon the principle of law which limits the powers of a temporary administrator to those conferred by the court…