Cooper v. Reeves

The administrator of Beeves filed a petition based upon Civil Code (1910), § 4597, praying for direction of the court in the distribution of the estate. The court rendered a judgment finding that some of the contestants were entitled to inherit' as heirs of the intestate, and against the contentions of other contestants, among whom was the plaintiff in error. The judgment was one properly falling within the provisions of the aforementioned code section, and did not include the final settlement of the administrator, nor judgment in favor of any of the contestants for stated sums, but left the…