Ocoma Foods Co. v. Newman

This is an appeal from an order removing appellants as the executor and executrix of the estate of John Craswell Beard.

On August 19, 1958, John Craswell Beard died testate leaving community property consisting of a family home subject to a mortgage, an automobile, a $6,540 bank account, other personal property worth $500, and a sole proprietorship business known as “Beard’s Frosted Foods.” Under the will, the decedent’s surviving spouse, Vernitta Phyllis Beard, was the sole beneficiary. The testator nominated his wife and Lee L. Newman, his attorney (who will hereafter be designated as the…