Case Name: Roger F. Capwell, App't, vs. Daniel Murphy, Admr
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1899-04-07
Citations: 21 R.I. 262
Docket Number: 
Parties: Roger F. Capwell, App’t, vs. Daniel Murphy, Admr.
Judges: Present : Matteson, C. J., Stiness and Tillinghast, JJ.
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 262–263

Head Matter:
Roger F. Capwell, App’t, vs. Daniel Murphy, Admr.
PROVIDENCE
APRIL 7, 1899.
Present : Matteson, C. J., Stiness and Tillinghast, JJ.
(1) Probate Law ancl Practice.
The depositing of the funds of the estate by an administrator in the name of a real estate bureau, of which he was treasurer, and signing his checks as treasurer hi drawing on said fund, the identity of the fund not being preserved, renders him an unsuitable person to be contmued in the office of administrator.
Probate Appeal. Heard on petition of appellee for a. new trial. New trial granted.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
One of the grounds specified in the petition for the removal of the appellant from his office of administrator is that he has not properly invested or deposited the-fund constituting the estate.
Robert W. Burbank, for appellant.
William F. Barry, for appellee.
The evidence tends to show,that the fund has not been invested nor deposited in the name of the appellant as administrator or trustee, nor in such a manner as to preserve its identity; but that, on the contrary, and notwithstanding the advice of the judge of the Municipal Court, the appellant has persisted in keeping it deposited in the name of the Capwell Eeal Estate and Building Bureau, whatever that may be, and that the appellant has been accustomed to draw on the fund, signing his checks as treasurer. We think that this was evidence which would have justified the jury in finding that the appellant was an unsuitable person to be continued in the office of administrator, and hence that it should Lave been submitted to the jury.
New trial granted, and case remitted to the Common Pleas Division for further proceedings.