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        "text": "Davis, J.\n(after stating the facts). We have not been favored with any argument on behalf of the appellants, but it is suggested that the action is brought against the defendant Hollar and the surety on his bond upon the assumption that he had no right to resign as administrator, and that the appointment of Welborn was void, and, therefore, no administrator de bonis non could be appointed.\nIn Washington v. Blount, 8 Ired. Eq., 253, it is said that an executor, after having accepted and entered upon the, discharge of his trust, cannot resign, but can \u201conly be removed upon a suggestion of unfitness or unfaithfulness.\u201d\nHowever that may have been with regard to executors, and, assuming it to have applied to administrators, we are not called upon to determine whether the removal of an executor or administrator from the State would not constitute such \u201c unfitness \u201d or disqualification as would justify his removal; and a resignation and acceptance, and the appointment of a successor, can have no other practical effect than a removal or revocation of letters.\nSection 103 of The Code, which confers upon Clerks of the Superior Courts power \u201cto grant letters testamentary and of administration,\u201d also confers upon them the power \u201c to revoke letters testamentary and of administration.\u201d By section 1521, it is made the duty of Clerks, in all cases of revocation, to \u201c appoint some other person to succeed in the administration, &c.\u201d Section 1517 enacts that, \u201cwhenever the letters of an executor, administrator or collector are revoked, his bond may be prosecuted by the person or persons succeeding to the administration of the e.-fcate,\u201d &c., and \u2022an action, even if pending against the removed executor or administrator, can only be'continued against him within the limitations prescribed in section 1514. '\nIn Taylor, Adm\u2019r, v. Biddle, 71 N. C., 1, it was said by Bynumj J.: \u201c Without invoking the aid of our statutes, the power of removal is inherent in the office at common law, and must of\u2018necessity be so, to prevent a failure of justice.\u201d\nWe think it clear that the Probate Court had the power, for good and sufficient cause, to remove the' administrator, or, for like cause, necessarily equivalent, to permit him to resign his trust, ,and appoint F. D. Welborn in his stead; and it appears that this was done in proceedings instituted for that purpose, and no exception was taken thereto, or appeal therefrom, and it is too late to disturb the judgment of <the Probate Court after a lapse of near twenty years.\nWhether whatever action can be brought should not be against the representative of the deceased administrator, F. D. Welborn, and the sureties on his bond, it is not necessary for us to determine; but an administrator de bo\u00f1is non is the proper person to bring the action. See The Code, \u00a7 1518; Latham v. Bell, 69 N. C., 135; Carlton v. Byers, 70 N. C., 691; Merrill v. Merrill, 92 N. C., 657, and the numerous cases there cited.\nIn ttie case of Beall v. New Mexico, 16 Wall., 540, to which attention has been called by the Chief Justice, it was held that an administrator de boni\u00e9 non could not maintain an action on the bond of the original administrator, but that it must be brought by the persons directly beneficially interested in the estate, whether distributees, next of kin, or creditors, and it is there said : \u201c To the administrator de bonis non is committed only the administration of the goods, chattels and credits of the deceased which have not been administered.\u201d\nHowever it may be elsewhere, under the section of The Code and decisions referred to, it is different in this State, and it is well settled that such an action cannot be maintained by the next of kin, distributees or creditors.\nWhen Hollar settled with Welborn, his successor, under the direction of the Court, it terminated his \u201c trust,\u201d and was a fulfilment of his obedience to the \u201clawful orders of the Clerk or other Court touching the administration of the estate committed to him,\u201d as required by the condition of his bond.\nNo error. Affirmed.",
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    "head_matter": "J. N. TULBURT et al. v. ISRAEL HOLLAR, Adm\u2019r., et al.\nAdministrators, Resignation and Removal of \u2014 Probate Court, Jurisdiction of \u2014 Administrator d. b. n. Only can 8ue for TJnadministered Mssete of Intestate \u2014 The Code, \u00a7\u00a7 103, 1521, 1517, 1518.\n1. In 1869 ail administrator, in proceedings pending in the Probate Court, resigned, with the permission of the Court, and administrator d. b. n. was appointed and duly qualified. In 1887 the next of kin of the intestate brought an action on the bond of the original administrator, alleging breaches of the bond and for an account and .settlement: Held, that accepting the resignation of the administrator and appointing his successor, having been done in proceedings duly instituted, and there having been no exceptions filed or appeal taken, it was too late to disturb the judgment of the Probate Court after the lapse of nearly twenty years.\n2. The Probate Court in 1869 (and semble the Clerk now) had the power, for go(od and sufficient cause, to remove an administrator; or for like cause, as necessarily equivalent, to permit him to, resign his trust.\n8. However it may be held elsewhere, it is well settled that in this State an action against a former administrator or his bond must be brought by an administrator d. b. n., and not by the next of kin, distributees or creditors of the intestate.\nCivil action, tried before Clark, J., at March Term, 1888, of the Superior Court of Wilkes County.\nThis action was commenced January 14,1887.\nThe material facts are as follows:\nJ. W. Tulburt died intestate in Wilkes County in 1865, and the plaintiffs are his nest of kin and distributees. In October, 1865, the defendant, Israel Hollar, was duly appointed administrator of said Tulburt, and executed his bond as spch, with Noah Brown, the intestate of the defendant Jarvis, as his surety, and this action is brought by the plaintiffs, alleging breaches of the administration bond, and demanding an account and settlement.\nThe defendants answer, admitting the death of J. W. Tul-burt and the appointment of Plollar as his administrator, and the execution of the bond, but denying the alleged breaches, or that there is anything due from the defendant Hollar to the plaintiffs. For a further defence, they say that in 1869 the letters of administration to the defendant Hollar were revoked by the Probate Court of Wilkes County, and, at the request of the mxt of kin and the widow of said Tulburt, he was removed by the Court from said office of administrator, and has not acted as such since; that upon his removal, and at the same time, one F. D. Welborn (who had married the widow of the intestate) was duly appointed by the Court administrator in his stead, and executed his bond as such, and within a few 'days thereafter the defendant Hollar made a full settlement with the Court and with said F. D. Wel-born, as the substituted administrator, and paid and delivered over fo him, as such -administrator, the whole of the estate of J. W. Tulburt, deceased, which had come or ought to have come into his hands, and thereafter the said Wel-born held and administered the same; that said Welborn died about three years before the bringing of this action.\nThe defendants insist that the plaintiffs cannot maintain this action :\n\u201c 1. Because no administrator de bonis non, or other representative of the estate of J. W. Tulburt* is a party plaintiff.\n\u201c2. Because Mary W. Welborn, who is still living and is (was) the widow of said J. W. Tulburt, and entitled to a part of his personal estate, is not a party.\n\u201c 3. Because of the great lapse of time,\u201d &c.\nThe following was the evidence:\nThe docket of the Judge of Probate, from which this entry appears:\n\u201c Court of Probate, May 21, 1869. Israel Hollar resigns his administration on the estate of J. W. Tulburt, and, on account of his going to remove permanently beyond the limits of the State, one of defendants applies for letters of administration de bonis non on the said estate, and he having entered into bond in the sum of $600, with J. J. Foster> J. H. Thompson and R. E. Hacket as sureties, the said bond is accepted and him duly qualified \u201d\nIt was also admitted that said Hollar intended to remove when such proceedings were had, but did not do so, and is yet alive.\nF. D. Welborn acted as administrator seventeen years, and is now dead.\nUpon this evidence his Honor intimated an opinion that the plaintiffs could not get along without making the administrator de bonis non of J. W. Tulburt, deceased, a party.\nIn deference to his Honor\u2019s opinion, the plaintiffs submitted to a judgment of nonsuit, and appealed.\nMr. W. W. Barber, for the plaintiffs.\nMr. B. B. Glenn, for the defendants."
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