State ex rel. McLaughlin v. Lichtenberg

*232The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

— One Ruth A. McLaughlin, claiming to he the widow of Hiram C. McLaughlin, deceased, filed a petition asking for the appointment of Frank A. Pontius as administrator of his estate. The relator, the daughter of deceased, resisted said application and also filed a petition, asking for the appointment of Norman F. Haseltine as administrator. She denied that said Ruth A. McLaughlin and Hiram C: McLaughlin were ever married to each other, or that she was his widow. A hearing was had on the rights of the respective parties, upon which the court…