Hamilton v. Huntington

Maude H. Darrach died March 6, 1941, and on March 11 her alleged last will was admitted to probate in Marion County. On the same day the appellant, named as executor in said will, qualified as such and letters testamentary were issued to him by the Probate Court of Marion County. An action to contest the will- was commenced by the appellee on October 7, 1941, and on November 24, 1943, while that suit was pending, they filed a petition for the appointment of a special administrator of the personal estate of said decedent, based upon the sole ground that this was necessary “to fully protect the…