Gilman v. Curtiss

Citations

• 65 Cal. 572
• 4 P. 578
• 1884 Cal. LEXIS 636

Syllabus

<p>Estates of Deceased Persons—Settlement of Accounts—Jurisdiction— Equity.—When an executrix, who is also one of the devisees and distributees of an estate, and who has made an assignment of her interest, resigns her trust, and dies without having rendered any account or report, and administrators have been appointed in her stead, the rights of the parties in interest cannot be determined in a proceeding by the administrators for a settlement of them accounts and for distribution. The accounts of the executrix must be adjusted and determined in a court of equity.</p>