Wilkinson

The plaintiff had judgment against the defendant for the return of 119 warrants of Reclamation District No. 2047, or the value thereof, in the event that the return of the warrants could not be had. From this judgment the defendant appeals.

The findings made by the trial court establish the following facts: That J. F. Wilkinson, deceased, died on or about the twenty-third day of January, 1924, in the county of Colusa, state of California,. of which county he was then a resident; that on February 25, 1924, William P. Wilkinson was appointed the administrator of the estate of J. F. Wilkinson, deceased, and letters of administration were issued to him; and that ever since said twenty-fifth day of February, 1924, the plaintiff has been the administrator of the estate of said deceased; that at the time of the death of the said J. F. Wilkinson, the decedent was the owner of 119 warrants issued by Reclamation District No. 2047; that said warrants were negotiable instruments and were issued payable to the order of J. F. Wilkinson; that thereafter, and on or about the sixteenth day of July, 1928, one Charles K. Atran, an attorney at law who was acting as attorney for the plaintiff herein,…