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Account may be against executors, &c. of guardian, bailiff or receiver, and by one joint tenant, &c.
Auditors may administer oath, and examine and have allowance by the court from the party on whose side balance is.
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XXIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said first day of Michaelmas term, actions of account shall and may be brought and maintained against the executors and administrators of every guardian, bailiff, and receiver, and also by one joint tenant and tenant in common, his executors and administrators, against the other as bailiff, for receiving more than comes to his just share and proportion, and against the executors and administrators of such joint tenant or tenant in common; and the auditors, appointed by the court where such action shall be depending, shall be and are hereby impowered to administer an oath, and to examine the parties touching the matters in question; and for their pains and trouble in auditing and taking such account, have such allowance as the court shall adjudge to be reasonable, to be paid by the party, on whose side the ballance of the account shall appear to be.
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