Opinion ID: 1483018
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: The Relief to be Granted.

Text: As previously indicated, the relief to be granted is that which will deprive Hanson and Bean of the profit they made with their transaction with appellants. Bean has received some $4,000 and some mining stock as a result of a transaction from which he was entitled to receive only $1,000. With respect to him, equitable relief will probably be comparatively easy to grant. With respect to Hanson, a slightly different position is present. His dealings are more involved and numerous. The court will require him also to account for his profit derived from his dealing with appellant, which would of course, mean the excess of money and stock he received over the amount of his claim against the estate and possibly necessary expenses in connection with subsequent transactions if the circumstances warrant it. In this connection, appellants assert that the claim of Hanson in the probate proceeding which included $3,500 for services in the first state court suit should be disregarded. While it is true that the statutes require the probate judge to endorse his approval on the claim and require the same to be filed in the probate court (1 Ida.Code, Ann., 1932, §§ 15-607, 15-608), we think the final decree of distribution conclusively approved the claim. Such approval, if contrary to the statutes cited, resulted from an error of law which cannot be rectified. Donovan v. Miller, 12 Idaho 600, 88 P. 82, 9 L.R.A.,N.S., 524, 10 Ann. Cas. 444. The record is wholly insufficient here to apprise us of the facts necessary to make a final decree, and the cause must be remanded for further proceedings. On the new hearing, the court below may dismiss the suit as against those appellees, other than Hanson and Bean, who have no product of the Arizona company stock, in their hands, belonging to Hanson or Bean. The decree is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings in conformity with this opinion.