Poirier v. Vinton

This appeal is from the order of the district court for Wheat-land county appointing the respondent administrator of the estate of George Mapes, deceased. From the record these facts appear:

That the deceased died on October 17, 1940, and that immediately upon his death respondent notified decedent’s sister, Verna Anderson, of Glenwood, Minnesota, and decedent’s brother, Clarence Mapes, of Stanwood, Michigan, of decedent’s death, with a request that he be authorized to take charge of the body and property of the decedent. The court admitted in evidence telegrams from the brother and sister…