Chap. 159.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2689 of the Code of Virginia
of 1887, in relation to resignation by fiduciary of his trust.
Approved March 14, 1904.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-six hundred and eighty-nine of the Code of Virginia of eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:
§ 2689. Any personal representative, guardian, or committee (except
a sheriff or other officer to whom an estate has been committed) may be
allowed by the court in which he qualified, or when he qualified in a
county court or im @ corporation or hustings court which has been or
may be abolished, by the circuit court for such county or corporation, to
resign his trust after his accounts as such fiduciary have been stated and
settled in the mode prescribed by law; but such resignation shall not
invalidate any act done or affect any liability incurred by him while
holding such trust.