Hart
Hart v. Worthington
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Dyke, J.
This is a judgment roll appeal by Fred B. Hart as administrator of the estate of Augustus Boring Hart, deceased, from a decree of the probate court. Appellant-administrator filed in the estate proceedings a document entitled “Petition, Waiver, Report and Accounting of Administrator. ’ ’ As reflected in the document the status of estate proceedings stood as follows: Notice to creditors had been published. The time for filing claims had elapsed and no claims had been filed. Appellant-administrator had filed his inventory of assets and the assets had been appraised. All costs of administration excepting only attorneys’ fees and commissions of the administrator had been paid. There were no debts outstanding. Inheritance taxes had been paid in full. Some of the estate property had been sold during the course of administration. By partial distributions there had been distributed all property in the estate having its source and origin in separate property of appellant’s decedent with certain listed exceptions. A final judgment had been obtained by appellant as administrator against Lillian Worthington, administratrix of the estate of Irene I. Hart, who had predeceased appellant’s…