In re the Estate of Hoss

Fred Hoss died intestate in Stevens county, in this state, on the 15th day of October, 1909, leaving an estate therein subject to administration. The heirs at law and next of kin of the decedent are two brothers and two sisters who are nonresident aliens, and therefore not qualified to take out letters of administration on his estate. One F. B. Goetter, claiming to be a creditor of the decedent, petitioned *361for letters of administration, and a cross-petition was filed by Gottlieb Mahler and Louisa Wormald, an uncle and a cousin of the decedent. The court below found that the petitioner Goetter…