Legal Opinion

Ray v. Doughty

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 2, 1835PublishedCited by 15 opinions

In error.

1Opinion of the Court

' THE final settlement of the accounts of executors and administrators in the Probate Court is considered prima facie correct; and the settlement can only be interfered with by a Court of Chancery in very clear cases of mistake or fraud. Allen v. Clark, 2 Blackf. 343.

The administrator of an administrator is not administrator of the first intestate, nor has he a right to administer any of the. goods of such intestate; but it is his duty to make a settlement with the-Probate Court, of the business done by his intestate in the first administration.

If one of the co-administrators of an estate…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Allen v. ClarkIndiana Supreme Court · 1830

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Riser v. SnoddyIndiana Supreme Court · 1856
  2. Hamlyn v. NesbitIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
  3. State ex. rel. Dakota Trust Co. v. StutsmanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Beresford v. American Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  5. Foster v. BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892

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