Jones v Pretorius NO (281/2019) [2020] ZASCA 113 (29 September 2020)

Deceased estate – agent appointed to administer estate on behalf of executor – agency terminated upon death of executor - subsequent payments by agent from estate funds to himself – not recoverable under s 50(b) of Administration of Estates Act 66 of 1965 – remedy under s 50(b) not limited to condictio indebiti – payments constituted unlawful appropriations of estate funds – recoverable by new executor by reason of powers and duties attached to office of executor.