re: Harvey Updyke, who poisoned Auburn’s oak trees at Toomer’s Corner, dead at 71

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So does his family have to repay the rest of the damages to Auburn? Updyke only paid a small fraction of the damages to Auburn.

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The heirs to an estate are not personally responsible for the estate's debts. If there are insufficient assets which can be sold to pay the debts, they're simply paid pro-rata with other creditors.