Administration of estates—Administrator—Action by—Customary widow
collecting rents in respect of deceased husband's estate—Acts done in the
interest and for the benefit of the estate—Widow later granted letters of
administration jointly with customary successor—Action by successor—
administrator for accounts of rents already collected—Whether widow liable for
accounts—Application of doctrine of relation back—Administration of Estates
Act, 1961 (Act 63), s. 77.
Customary law—Children and widows—Rights of—Wife and children
occupying a complete flat during deceased's lifetime—Nature of right of widow
and children to remain in occupation—Whether successor—administrator can
eject wife and children from half of the flat.
Customary law—Successor—Duty of—Legal obligation of successor to
maintain widow and children and educate children of a deceased—Successor
as trustee and caretaker of deceased marriage—Duty to maintain wife
determinable by widow's death or formal divorce and send off—When
unconscionable to give widow formal send off.
Customary law—Husband and wife—Agent of necessity—Widow as agent of
necessity of husband's successor—Whether widow can recover from
successor—administrator moneys expended in maintaining herself and
children.