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Lucy v. Lucy
Supreme Court of New Hampshire (1874) | 55 N.H. 9; 1874 N.H. LEXIS 2
TL;DR: An administrator of a solvent estate managed the deceased's real property. The court ruled the administrator is accountable to the heirs, not the probate court, for real estate rents and expenses, as title vests directly in the heirs upon the owner's death.
Legal Significance: This case establishes that in a solvent estate, an administrator's authority does not extend to real property. The administrator acts as an agent for the heirs regarding realty and must account to them directly, not through the probate estate's official accounting.