Case Name: Harriet F. Hussey, and others, in Equity, vs. Charles H. T. Southard, and others
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1897-05-29
Citations: 90 Me. 296
Docket Number: 
Parties: Harriet F. Hussey, and others, in Equity, vs. Charles H. T. Southard, and others.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 90
Pages: 296–296

Head Matter:
Harriet F. Hussey, and others, in Equity, vs. Charles H. T. Southard, and others.
Sagadahoc.
Announced May 29, 1897.
Probate Judge. Void Appointment.
O. B. Baker and S. L. Larrabee, for plaintiffs.
L. 0. Cornish, for defendants.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Á judge of probate who is appointed by a testator executor of a will is not qualified or authorized, even before probate of such will, to appoint a special administrator on another estate to which the estate represented by him as executor is largely indebted; and such appointment of a special administrator is void, and the person assuming to act thereunder may be enjoined from so doing by this court sitting as the court of equity.
Bill sustained. Injunction ordered.