Estate of Bear

Citations

• 9 Pa. Super. 492
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 62

Syllabus

<p>Decedent's estate — Executors and administrators — Unauthorized distribution.</p> <p>Payment by an administrator to an unauthorized representative of a distributee is no defense to a claim made by an administrator of the distributee who presents proof of his legal appointment.</p> <p>Statute of limitation — Administrator as a trustee — Interest on withheld distribution.</p> <p>An administrator is a trustee for the next of kin, and while a trust subsists, the statute does not continue to run and he will be held accountable in the case of a mispayment for the principal in question and interest from one year after the date of the adjudication and decree of distribution.</p>