Miller v. Clark

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Day.

Lewis Vinton died leaving no will or known heirs. The public administrator petitioned for letters, and the plaintiff in error Miller was appointed guardian ad litem “for all persons under legal disability.”

At a hearing participated in by Miller on a date set for the hearing on petition for determination of heir-ship, an investigator testified as to his efforts to find heirs of the estate. Present in the court, and by counsel claiming to be the sole and only heir, was one Virginia Clark, an adopted daughter of a brother of the decedent. Her father had predeceased…