Legal Opinion
In Re Takahashi's Estate
Montana Supreme Court
Decided September 23, 1942No. 8,290PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from an order appointing the administrator of an estate.
The deceased, Shun T. Takahashi, was a Japanese alien who died in Flathead county, Montana, on July 23, 1941. The public administrator, James Jorgensen, Jr., applied for letters of administration. The application was opposed by Vivian Takahashi, a white woman, claiming as surviving widow of the deceased, and asking for the appointment of Claude C. Britell as her nominee. The two petitions were heard together, each contesting the other. There was no will, and the deceased left property within the jurisdiction of the…
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