In Re Estate of Dahl

The respondent, Peter Dahl, and Ida Dahl were husband and wife. For more than 30 years prior to Mrs. Dahl’s death they jointly operated a hotel in St. Helens, Oregon. Mrs. Dahl died intestate in October, 1947.

The appellants, John and Engene Blomgren, are the children of a deceased son of Ida Dahl by a former marriage. They, with Peter Dahl, constitute all of Mrs. Dahl’s heirs.

Peter Dahl was appointed administrator of his wife’s estate. Thereafter John Blomgren, one of the appellants, petitioned for his removal. Pursuant to the order of removal which followed, Peter Dahl filed an account and…