MERRILL L. ROBERTSON, as Administrator With the Will Annexed, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK, Defendant and Appellant

235 Cal. App. 2d 63 · 518

California Court of Appeal · Filed June 11, 1965

Holding

The court held that a California bank that delivered a decedent's funds to a foreign executor without first complying with the statutory procedures for ancillary administration was liable to the subsequently appointed California administrator for the full value of the assets.

Statutes construed

CCP § 1667
PROB § 1040
PROB § 1043
PROB § 360
PROB § 361
PROB § 362

Cited by (1)

MITSUI MANUFACTURERS BANK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. KAREN TUCKER, as Administratrix, etc., Defendant and Respondent (1984) 152 Cal. App. 3d 428

Authorities cited (1)

In the Matter of the Estate of JEAN ESTREM, Deceased. AUGUSTE SANGUIN et al., Appellants, v. ALBERT E. HILL, as Public Administrator, etc., Respondent 16 Cal.2d 563