In Re Estate of Yates

The question presented for review herein arose as follows: The defendants in error, Ida McDonald and Ada Duncan, two of the heirs at law of W.A. Yates, deceased, petitioned the county court for an order directing the administrator of said estate to pay to said petitioners, Ida McDonald and Ada Duncan, the sum of $714.28 each as their distributive share of certain moneys received by said administrator as assets of said estate.

The petitions were heard in the county court and denied for the reason that it appeared from the evidence that each of said heirs was at the time indebted to the estate…