In Re Jennings' Estate

The administrator is forbidden to engage the assets of the estate in trade or business, even to carry on, as a going concern, the business of the decedent. For him to do so is a violation of the obligation of his trust in two particulars: his duty to wind up the estate as speedily as possible, and his duty to preserve its assets intact and unimpaired by exposure to, or loss from, the risks and hazards of business or trade. (24 C.J. 55; 11 Cal. Jur. 1027; Steel v. Knox, 10 Ala. 608;Hallock v. Smith, 50 Conn. 127; Sparrow's Succession, 39 La. Ann. 696, 2 So. 501; Casner's Estate, 2 Kulp (Pa.),…