In re the Estate of Nicholson
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Nevada, Storey County, Hon. R. S. Mesioe presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion. The real point in this case is which are to be paid first, the funeral expenses and expenses of last sickness or the expenses of the administration.
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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Nevada, Storey County, Hon. R. S. Mesioe presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion. The real point in this case is which are to be paid first, the funeral expenses and expenses of last sickness or the expenses of the administration. The great discrepancy between the amount realized by the administration and the appraised value of the property is not charged to have been caused by any culpable conduct of the Administrator. Under the statute the Administrator is entitled to his disbursements made to preserve the…
1Concurrence
Opinion of the Court by
J ustice Beatty,
full Bench concurring.
C. J. Nelson, the Administrator on the estate of Olaf Nicholson, filed his account for final settlement, and asked the Court to discharge him from further liability. E. W. Reyes, the undertaker who buried the deceased, filed his objections to this account, opposed the discharge, and asked that an order be made on the Administrator to pay the funeral expenses. The Court made the following order: “ The final settlement of said estate, as is prayed for by the Administrator thereof, is this day refused, and the Administrator of the same…
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