Williams Brothers Corp. v. Day

This is an appeal from a judgment denying an application for a writ of mandamus.

The controversy arose out of the following facts: On October 29, 1939, five small boys, ages 7 to 12, were killed by a dynamite explosion at Rock Springs, Wyoming. On July 25, 1941, their parents filed in the county court of Okfuskee county petitions for the appointment of Orin C. Troupe, of Carlin, Nevada, as administrator of (each of their estates. On the same day Troupe was appointed administrator and duly qualified in each of the five probate causes. Immediately thereafter Troupe, as such administrator, filed…