In re Watson's Estate
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; John B. McClernan, Judge. Judicial proceedings on the estate of John Watson, deceased. Erom an order refusing to grant letters of administration to John Melville, as public administrator of Silver Bow county, and granting such letters to William Falconer, the public administrator appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MR. COMMISSIONER CALLAWAY
prepared the following opinion for the court:. On May 30, 1903, John Watson, otherwise known as E. L. Whitmore, died in Silver Bow county, Montana, intestate. Immediately thereupon John Melville, as public administrator of Silver Bow county, filed a petition'asking for letters of administration upon his estate. Shortly thereafter one AVilliam Fal*439coner filed a like petition, as well as a protest against the issuance of letters to Melville. Supporting the petition of Falconer was a request signed by three brothers and two sisters of the decedent, residents of Scotland.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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