Smith v. Snider’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““(a) The judge of probate may, in any. contest respecting the validity of a will, or for the purpose of collecting the goods of a deceased, or in any other case in which it is necessary, appoint a special administrator, authorizing the collection and preservation by him of the goods of the deceased until letters testamentary or of administration have been duly issued. “(b) Every such special administrator has authority .to collect the goods and chattels of the estate and debts of the deceased, to give receipts for moneys collected, to satisfy liens and mortgages paid to him and to secure and preserve such goods and chattels at such expense as may be deemed reasonable by the probate court; and for such purposes, he may maintain civil actions as administrator. “(c) Such special administrator may also, under the direction of the probate court, sell such goods afe are perishable or wasting, after'the same have' been appraised, upon such notice as the judge of probate may prescribe. “(d) Upon the grant of letters testar mentary or of administration, the authority of such special administrator ceases, and on demand he must deliver to the rightful executor or administrator all the assets of the deceased which may be iii his hands and render an account on oath of all his proceedings to the probate court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baker v. Estate of Higgins