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Executor of an executor. The interest in a testator's estate and effects, vested in his executor, at the decease of the executor, devolves upon such executor's executor; but in the case of the decease of an administrator, a fresh administration must be granted; for this reason, that, whereas an executor is appointed by the testator, an administrator merely derives his authority from the Court of Probate. See In the Goods of Reid, 1896, P. 129; and A.E. Act, 1925, s. 7.