Moe v. Judd

On December 19, 1919, Mabel Augusta Moe, then a resident of Seattle, King county, *15■Washington, died intestate, leaving an estate in the county named, consisting of a community interest in personal property. She was the wife of the appellant Olaf Moe, he being the sole heir at law of Mrs. Moe. Moe was a seafaring man, and at the time of Mrs. Moe’s death was at a distant seaport. Learning of his wife’s death some days after its occurrence, he sent a telegram addressed to the appellant A. Moe, requesting that A. Moe be appointed administrator of his wife’s estate. On December 26, A. Moe filed a…