Liability of executor
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From 9 U.S. 19 - Fairfax's Executor v. Ann Fairfax · 1809Most cited · 14 citing opinions
The cases cited to show that the judgment must be for the whole sum, if the verdict find any assets, have been overruled... the law is now well understood to be, that the executor is only liable for the amount of assets found by the jury... An executor is liable for the amount of assets in his hands, and not more.