Raddatz

Plaintiff sued in replevin as special administratrix of the estate of George W. H. Patterson, deceased,- to recover possession of certain personal property consisting of jewelry, cash and household furniture, which she alleged was in the possession of the defendants as executors of the estate of Jean Patterson, the deceased wife of George W. H. Patterson. Plaintiff also asked for a decree quieting her title, as such adminstratrix, in and to the property. The trial court gave judgment for the defendants and the plaintiff has appealed on a typewritten transcript.

The judgment is affirmed for the following reasons: George W. H. Patterson died testate in April, 1913; his wife, Jean Patterson, survived him twelve years. Upon his death, Jean Patterson and another immediately qualified as joint executrices of his estate. Long prior to the death of George W. H. Patterson, and until her death in 1925, Jean Patterson had in her possession the jewelry in suit, openly wearing it and displaying it as her own. After the death of George W. H. Patterson, Jean Patterson continued to live in the house occupied by them at the time of his death and continued to use the household furniture left in…