In Re the Estate of Spear

— J. H. Knight, herein designated appellant, filed his petition in the superior court of Mohave county, sitting in probate, for his appointment as administrator of the estate of B. H. Spear, deceased. Without hearing, on the date set therefor, the court of its own motion denied the petition. No one contested the application for letters or appeared asserting any adverse interest. At the time of the court order refusing such letters, the proceeding was purely and wholly ex parte. It is not necessary to state the contents of petition, other than that it contained all the necessary facts to…