Rogers v. Traphagen
Supreme Court of New Jersey
1. An administrator, after settling his final account, held in his hands the •distributive shares of two infants for whom (no guardians having been appointed) he had made disbursements from time to time, both before and after ■the passing of his final account. 2. On a bill filed by the children after arriving at their majority, against the administrator for an account, it is held that while the payments should regularly have been made only to a guardian, yet in the absence…
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1. An administrator, after settling his final account, held in his hands the •distributive shares of two infants for whom (no guardians having been appointed) he had made disbursements from time to time, both before and after ■the passing of his final account. 2. On a bill filed by the children after arriving at their majority, against the administrator for an account, it is held that while the payments should regularly have been made only to a guardian, yet in the absence of bad faith,, such disbursements as would have been approved, had they been made by a. guardian of the infants, will be…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Need, J.
These are cross-appeals from a final decree, fixing the extent of the liability of Henry Traphagen as administrator of Charles E. Eogers.
Charles E. Eogers died December 7th, 1870, leaving a widow and two children, Charles E. and Emma A.
Letters of administration were granted to Henry Traphagen on December 24th, 1870.
On May 6th, 1872, Mr. Traphagen filed his final account as administrator with the surrogate of the county of Hudson, which was duly passed, showing a balance in his hands of $6,897.54.
He paid to the widow the one-third part of said…
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