Langill v. Stewart

Citations

• 117 Wash. 268
• 201 P. 28
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 1050

Syllabus

<p>Executors and Administrators (8, 13) — Appointment—Dis-' qualifications — Statutes—Construction. In appointing an administrator of a decedent’s estate the court acts judicially, and, if it finds that an applicant who has a prior right of appointment under the order prescribed by Laws 1917, ch. 156, § 61, is unfit to be trusted with the funds of the estate, the court is justified in denying his application for letters (Parker, C. J., Holcomb, and Mitchell, JJ„ dissent).</p>