In Re Freitag's Estate

On October 10, 1936, Anna Rosa Preitag died from injuries received in a collision between an automobile in which she was riding and a switch engine belonging to the Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon. Henry Preitag, her father, was duly appointed as administrator of her estate and, as such, he brought an action against said company to recover damages for her death. That action resulted in a compromise in which the administrator received certain moneys, which, after the payment of attor neys’ fees and the costs of such action, amounted to $1,542.50. Thereafter and on October 1, 1937,…