Ruef v. District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District
Montana Supreme Court
Original application by the state, on the relation of A. Ruef, as executor of G. F. Deletraz, for a writ of prohibition restraining the district court of the twelfth judicial district and the Honorable Jere B. Leslie, presiding in place of the resident judge who was disqualified, from hearing the contest of a will.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
Prior to his death, which occurred at San Francisco, on March 7, 1904, G. F. Deletraz made and published two wills, *98the first of which for convenience will be designated the “Mossholder will,” and the last the “Ruef will.” Such proceedings were had in -the superior court of San Francisco that the Ruef will was duly admitted to probate, and letters testamentary issued to the person named as executor in that will. The decedent had real and personal property in Chouteau county, Montana, and in May, 1904, after the will had been admitted to probate in California, a copy of such will and the…
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