In Re Deaver's Estate

On April 7, 1925, one James Deaver, then a resident of King county, Washington, died at Bremerton, in Kitsap county. He left a will in which he divided his property equally between his two sons, Oscar Deaver and Earl Ramsey Deaver, the latter being a minor. He appointed the respondent, Walter B. Allen, as the executor of his will. Allen qualified as such executor, and was proceeding with the administration of the estate, when, on September 23, 1926, the appellant, Elaine Smith, as guardian of the property of the minor son, filed a petition in the probate proceedings, seeking to require the…