Roller v. Blodgett

Gaines, J. †

The respondent is- the administrator de bonis non of the estate of Edgar Blodgett and Willetta Blodgett, residents of Pierce County, Washington, who both died intestate at Tacoma before January 18, 1955, leaving the family home, the subject of this action, and certain personal property. The Blodgetts were survived by two sons, Ross L. Blodgett, and Edson R. Blodgett, one of the appellants. The history of the bitter differences between the sons, the necessity for substituting respondent as administrator de bonis non, and the authority of respondent as such administrator to maintain…