State Ex Rel. Reid v. District Court of Fifth Judicial District

I am not able to subscribe to the foregoing opinion.

In my opinion the petition of George H. Reid for the probate of the will of Margaret G. Reid and appointing him as executor thereof, was a proceeding separate and distinct from the petition of Alvin F. and Almon G. Reid for letters of administration to be issued to them. In re Richardson’s Estate, 120 Cal. 344, 52 Pac. 832; 57 Am. Jur., Wills, sec. 761, p. 520; 68 C. J., Wills, sec. 599, p. 875.

The petition of George H. Reid was filed under R. C. M. 1947, sec. 91-801 et seq., while the petition of Alvin F. and Almon G. Reid was filed under…