Chandler v. Guiol

This appeal is from an order surcharging Avelina M. Chandler, the removed administratrix of the estate of Albert Henry Guiol, in the total amount of $67,879.63.

The facts necessarily must be set forth at some length since the loss to the estate is claimed to be solely the responsibility of the attorney for the administratrix, attorney William M. De Falla.

Albert Guiol died intestate on May 22, 1963, survived by a sister (Chandler), and three nephews and a niece (children of a predeceased brother). On July 1, 1964, Chandler filed her petition for verified letters of administration, alleging that she was a sister and sole heir at.law of the decedent and that the decedent left no spouse, issue, parents, other sisters or brothers, or issue of a deceased sister or brother. Chandler was appointed administratrix on August 5, 1964 and filed her qualifying bond with Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., the surety. On July 21, 1965, the inventory and appraisement was filed showing that the estate, in its entirety, consisted of unimproved real property appraised at $126,000. On June 8, 1967, Chandler filed a petition for “Order Authorizing Conveyance of Easement,” seeking a grant of an…