Main v. Hadfield

Citations

• 41 Wash. 504
• 84 P. 12
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 998

Syllabus

<p>Executors and Administrators — Discovery — Examination oe Party Suspected oe Concealing Property oe Estate — Procedure— Statute — Construction. Under Bal. Code, §§ 6212, 6213, providing for tbe citation, and examination under oath., before the court, of persons suspected of having property belonging to an estate, and for their commitment, on failure to answer, the provision that all interrogatories shall be in writing and signed by the party examined does not require that interrogatories be prepared in toto before the hearing, but the court may require the matter to proceed summarily by questions reduced to writing and answered in writing in the presence of the court (Fullerton, J., dissenting).</p>