Barker v. Stanford
California Supreme Court
Barker v. Stanford, 53 Cal. 451 (Cal. 1879)
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Barker v. Stanford
Opinion of the Court
The order made by the Probate Court, on the 11th day of July, 1859, is an order of final distribution. The funds in the hands of the administratrix were ordcrec) “ to be held and managed by her in trust, in pursuance of the will of the deceased, for the children of the deceased ”; and she thereupon took the funds and thereafter held them in her capacity as trustee.
Judgment and order affirmed.
Reference
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- C. P. N. BARKER and MARIA BARKER CLARK v. HELEN M. STANFORD, JOSIAH STANFORD, J. M. CUDWORTH, H. C. AVERY, and A. CHABOT
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- Sureties oe Administratrix.—The sureties on the bond of an administratrix are not responsible for her acts' or default in the application of the funds of an estate, after they have, by order of the Probate Court, been turned over to her as a trustee, to be held and managed by her in .trust, in pursuance of the will of the deceased.