Estate of Wakefield

This is a contest for letters of administration upon the estate of Naomi Wakefield, deceased, arising between the public administrator, and Ruth Miller the nominee of the brothers of the deceased. Naomi Wakefield and her mother, Sarah W. Wakefield, lost their lives in the wreck of the steamer Rio Janeiro in the harbor of San Francisco. Naomi Wakefield died first. Both of them left estates in the county of Alameda. Naomi died intestate, and at the time of her death her mother was her sole heir at law and the person entitled to succeed to her personal estate. Naomi left surviving her two…