Court Opinion

ID: 7155408
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 16:06:53.980295+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:15:13.675676
License: Public Domain

Opinion by
Judge Cofer:
An administrator de bonis non cannot maintain an action against his predecessor in office for a devastavit, or for a settlement. Such actions can only be maintained by a creditor or distributee. Felts v. Brown, 7 J. J. Marsh. 147; Lawrence’s Adm’r v. Lawrence, Litt. Sec. Cas., 123; Warfield v. Brand, 13 Bush 77.
As the appellant had no right to maintain, the action his rights were not prejudiced by its dismission.
Judgment affirmed..