State ex rel. Lancaster v. Woody

In this case there was issued an alternative-writ of mandamus requiring the defendant to show cause before this court why he should not issue letters of administration to the relator, based upon an application containing-substantially the following averments :

On April 23, 1895, the relator, being then the public administrator of Ravalli County, Montana, made application to the District Court of that county for letters of administration upon the estate of one Eva B. Liter, alleged to be dead, accompanying his petition with a written request in behalf of the mother and sisters of the decedent,…