BROWN v. HAWKINS

No. 4678.

50 Haw. 232 (1968)

437 P.2d 97

BENJAMIN K. BROWN v. ALLEN R. HAWKINS, JUDGE, FIRST DIVISION, FIRST CIRCUIT COURT, STATE OF HAWAII.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Trask for petitioner.

Kenneth K. Saruwatari, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

RICHARDSON, C.J., MIZUHA, MARUMOTO, ABE AND LEVINSON, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY MARUMOTO, J.

Benjamin K. Brown, widower of Rebecca Hoopale Brown, filed in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit a petition for letters of administration in which he sought his appointment as administrator of the estate of his deceased wife. He claims his right to appointment under R.L.H. 1955, § 317-13. That statute sets forth the order of priority in appointment of administrator and accords first priority to the surviving husband where...

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