Judges: TERRELL, J.
Attorneys: Bedell Bedell, for Appellants;
Daniel Thompson and Austin Miller, for Appellees.
Filed: Jan. 15, 1937
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 850 Alice R. Willard of Jacksonville, Florida, died intestate in November, 1926, leaving as heirs and distributees, one sister and a number of nephews and nieces. In January, 1926, M.H. Haughton was appointed administrator of her estate which consisted of a house and lot on Adams Street, some unimproved lots one of which was under contract of sale, cash in th
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 850 Alice R. Willard of Jacksonville, Florida, died intestate in November, 1926, leaving as heirs and distributees, one sister and a number of nephews and nieces. In January, 1926, M.H. Haughton was appointed administrator of her estate which consisted of a house and lot on Adams Street, some unimproved lots one of which was under contract of sale, cash in the..
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The bond sued on in this case contained the condition that the principal, Willard, as administrator de bonis non, "make or cause to be made, a true and just account of his administration when required, and all the rest and residue of said goods and chattels,
rights and credits which shall be found remaining upon final accounts, the same being first examined and allowed by the County Judge's Court of the County where the administration is granted, and shall deliver and pay to such person or persons, respectively, as the said court, by its order or decree, pursuant to the true intent and meaning of the law, shall appoint and direct."
Willard, as administrator de bonis non, was appointed to cover for the estate the indebtedness due it by one Haughton, a prior administrator. Willard, as administrator de bonis non, recovered the indebtedness and received and receipted for it in his administrative capacity, whether rightfully or wrongfully so being immaterial.
I think our recent decision in City of Auburndale v. Nunn,125 Fla. 55, 169 Sou. Rep. 558, is ample authority for the holding in this case that Willard and his surety cannot escape liability for the amount Willard recovered and received from the former adminstrator's surety, nor for other amounts collected by Willard as rents for real estate when he collected same colore officii,
although without technical authority so to do.
BUFORD, J., concurs.
