In Re Wilcox' Estate

MR. JUSTICE BOTTOMLY:

This is an appeal from an order granting letters of administration to Lloyd Baker, public administrator, and refusing to grant letters of administration to Willis D. Wilcox, the son and sole heir of Elizabeth Wilcox, deceased.

The deceased, Elizabeth Wilcox, died intestate at Conrad, Montana, on July 11, 1945, a resident of Pondera county, Montana. The record discloses and there is no dispute as to the fact that Willis D. Wilcox is the son and only heir of Elizabeth Wilcox, deceased; that he is of legal age, a resident of Conrad, Pondera county, Montana, and that the…