Syme v. . Broughton’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “We think the proper construction of section 25, ch. 119, Battle's Revisal (sec. 2160 of The Code), is that after probate granted in common form and there is an executor who acts or an administrator with the will annexed appointed, his office is intended to be continued during a controversy about the will, and he has all the power and is subject to all the liabilities of an administrator or an executor, except that his right (138) to dispose of the estate according to the provisions of the will is suspended until the final determination of the suit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Palmer's Will