Blochowitz v. Blochowitz

This is a controversy over the appointment of an executor to administer upon the estate of Joseph Blochowitz, deceased. In his probated will, Frank J. Blochowitz, a son of testator, was nominated as executor. The county or probate court held that the nominee named in the will was not competent to act in that capacity and appointed his brother, Albert J. Blochowitz, administrator with the will annexed. Upon appeal to the district court the de*111cisión was the same as that of the probate court. The nominee, Frank J. Blochowitz, whom both courts declined to appoint executor, appealed to the supreme…