Gerald v. Gerald

Clarence J. Gerald died intestate on February 2, 1917, at Seattle, Washington. John Gerald was appointed and acted first as special and then *276as general administrator of the estate nntil his resignation in October, 1917, at which time Clara I. Gerald, widow of the decedent, was appointed and qualified as administratrix and has acted as such at all times since. On October 14, 1922, five years after her appointment, she filed a petition in the probate department of the superior court alleging that John Gerald had failed to account for certain property and asked for a citation requiring him to…