51 P. 82 | Or. | 1897
Error is predicated of the action of the county court in two particulars: First, in the dis-allowance in part of Weister’s claim for salaries from November 1, 1892, to the date of filing his final account; and, second, in removing him as administrator, because the proceeding was not one instituted under the statute for the especial purpose, nor by citation to the administrator to show cause/ against such action.
It is shown by the evidence in the case that a con
Ought we to disturb this conclusion? The appellant has not shown himself entitled to more. The statute requires that the final account of an administrator shall contain a detailed statement of the amount of money received and expended by him, from whom received, and to whom paid, and refers to vouchers for such payments: Hill’s Ann. Laws, § 1173. As it pertains to the alleged expenses paid on account of salaries, as with other alleged expenses, the account filed fails utterly in a compliance with the statute, nor
As relating to the second contention, the statute provides that an executor or administrator may be removed, upon application of an heir, legatee, devisee, creditor, or other person interested in the estate, for unfaithfulness or neglect of his trust to the probable loss of the applicant; or the court may, for like cause, upon its own motion, remove, such officer; but in either instance he must be cited to appear and show cause why such action should not be taken, and is thereby accorded a hearing in .the premises: Hill’s
Affirmed.