In re Craigie's Estate
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clarice County/ 3. II. Mclntire, Judge. Petition by one Zimmerman, public administrator, etc., for the revocation of letters of administration on the estate of William Craigie, deceased. From an order denying the application, petitioner appeals. The matter of the appointment of an administrator is in fieri until, and not completed till he has qualified as such administrator.
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Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clarice County/ 3. II. Mclntire, Judge. Petition by one Zimmerman, public administrator, etc., for the revocation of letters of administration on the estate of William Craigie, deceased. From an order denying the application, petitioner appeals. The matter of the appointment of an administrator is in fieri until, and not completed till he has qualified as such administrator. The order of appointment, the qualification of the appointee, and the issuing of letters to him were all necessary proceedings to invest such appointee with the office of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pigott
Zimmerman, the public administrator of Lewis and Clarke county, has appealed from an order of the district court of that county, entered on June 3, 1899, refusing to appoint him administrator of the estate of William Craigie, deceased, and refusing to revoke letters theretofore issued to one Kenck.
In his petition for letters, filed on May 16, 1899, he states that Craigie, a resident of Lewis and Clarke county, died intestate in 1888, leaving an estate therein consisting of the sum of $4,046.79, which sum was at the time the petition was filed in the hands of T. J. Walsh, Esq., and subject to…
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