Huston v. Becker

Citations

• 15 Wash. 586
• 47 P. 10
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 254

Syllabus

<p>DISTRIBUTION OF decedent’s ESTATE — POWER OP COURT to charge WITH LIENS — CO-TENANCY — RECOVERY OP EXPENDITURES MADE BY CO-TENANT.</p> <p>A court exercising probate jurisdiction has no power to direct a distribution of a decedent’s estate to the heirs, charged with a lien in favor of the administrator on account of money expended by him for the benefit of the estate.</p> <p>. A claim of one co-tenant against the others on account of expenditures made by him upon the common property of all, cannot be collected otherwise than by the retention of the property until it is paid, i . .</p>