Duffin v. Abbott

Citations

• 48 Ill. 17

Syllabus

<p>1. Administrator—de bonis non—appointment of cannot be attacked collaterally. The legality of the appointment of an administrator de bonis non, cannot be questioned in a collateral proceeding.</p> <p>2. Same—may call upon a former administrator to account—when. Under our statute, the authority of an administrator de bonis non to call upon a former administrator, whose letters have been revoked, to account fully for his administration of the estate, is clear and unmistakable.</p> <p>3. Former decisions. The cases of Rowan v. Kirkpatrick, 14 Ill. 1, and Marsh et al. v. The People, 15 ib. 286, cited and explained. The case of Stose v. The People, 25 Ill. 600, overruled.</p>