In Re Larson's Estate

This is a contest over the appointment of a general administrator of the estate of C. Larson, deceased.

William H. Pemberton, supervisor of the inheritance tax and escheat division of the state, filed a petition in the probate cause on January 15, 1935, for the appointment of himself as administrator. It is claimed on behalf of the petitioner that the petition was filed under Rem. Rev. Stat., § 1359 [P.C. § 9880], which provides that the state board of tax commissioners, or any member thereof, may apply for the appointment of an administrator where the deceased died possessed of property…