State ex rel. Goodman v. District Court
Montana Supreme Court
Original application, by the state, on the relation of Bessie Goodman, for writ of mandate to compel J. Miller Smith, one of the judges of the district court in and for Lewis and Clark county, to recognize an affidavit disqualifying him from further acting in a probate proceeding and order a transfer thereof to department one of said court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beantly
Mary Goodman died intestate in Lewis and Clark county on November 15, 1911, leaving an estate consisting of real and personal property. Henry Sheehan was appointed the administrator by Hon. J. Miller Smith, the judge presiding in department 2 of the district court of Lewis and Clark county. The relatrix herein is entitled to a distributive share in the estate, as assignee of Jacob Goodman, a son of the deceased, she being recognized as such assignee both by the court and the other persons entitled to distributive shares therein. On June 20, 1912, the court made and entered its decree settling…
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