What is the test and standard of conduct of an executor of a deceased's estate?

Manitoba, Canada


The following excerpt is from The Estate of Mary Margaret Bos, 2012 MBQB 173 (CanLII):

To paraphrase MacInnes J.’s dicta in Melna v. Hall (supra) at para 18, the fundamental rule and expectation is that the executor must act “reasonably and with an even hand”, and is not to place himself in a position of adversity with any of the beneficiaries of the estate.

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