Estate of Jefferson v. Hough

Plaintiff in error, Richard Downing as administrator of the Estate of Virginia Jefferson and individually, seeks reversal of a judgment of the' County Court- of Denver removing him as administrator. The finding of the court was that although Downing had not ■ been guilty of fraud and waste as charged in the petition of Katherine Hough, who was seeking his ouster and her own appointment, there were unreasonable delays in the filing of inventories and reports which delays in turn caused confusion “and mismanagement of the estate” inconsistent with his duty as a fiduciary, “acting as' an arm of…