In re the Examination of Gathen

The respondent has been appointed administrator of the estate of the decedent who was a veteran of the Civil War, and who lost his eyesight during the war and who for many years lived with and was cared for by the appellant, Cora Gathen, his daughter. The respondent obtained the ex parte order for the examination of the appellant upon his affidavit that the decedent was the recipient of a large pension from the government for many years and that he had other property, real and personal, including a bank account in the joint names of the decedent and the appellant, and that the appellant…