Eshleman v. Bolenius

Citations

• 144 Pa. 269
• 22 A. 758
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 608

Syllabus

<p>1. The attorney of an administrator made a deposit of estate money with a private banker, receiving a certificate of deposit therefor, payable in one year with interest. In such case, the transaction was a loan, unauthorized by law, for which the administrator was responsible on the insolvency of the banker: Baer’s App., 127 Pa. 360.</p> <p>2. The administrator himself becoming insolvent, the attorney, who was also a surety on the administration bond, paid the amount lost on the deposit to the distributees entitled. The deposit having been the act of the attorney, done without the knowledge or ratification of his co-surety, the latter was not liable to make contribution.</p>