In Re Estate McCausland

William McCausland died intestate in Sonoma County in May, 1912. On January 15, 1914, his niece filed a petition for letters of administration upon the estate of her uncle. She declared the character and value of this estate to be a claim against Rebecca M. Caughey for six thousand five hundred dollars. About ten days thereafter a sister of the deceased, Anna W. Grayson, who was also the mother of Rebecca M. Caughey, filed her written opposition to the petition. She denied that the deceased had left any estate whatever “except a few practically worthless effects,” and she also filed her…