Strudthoff v. Yates

The two sons of John D. Strudthoff sued Sydney Yates, the administrator of the estate of their father, and his wife, Edith H. Yates, to impress a trust upon real property and for an accounting. Consolidated with this suit is a petition for revocation of letters of administration, the appointment of a successor administrator and a demand that Yates be ordered to render a more complete final account of his management of the estate. The principal charge of the heirs is that, pursuant to a fraudulent conspiracy and in violation of section 583 of the Probate Code, Yates transferred certain…