Pratt

George Pratt died on the twelfth day of June, 1876. On the first day of July following, his brother, Samuel Pratt was appointed the administrator of his estate by the probate court of the county of Stanislaus. Samuel Pratt thereupon qualified as such administrator and immediately collected from two certain banks the sum of $850, which the said George Pratt, deceased, had deposited therein, but he took no further steps in the administration of, nor did he account to, said estate for the moneys he received. On the fourteenth day of January, 1915, the said Samuel Pratt died and on the fifth day of February, 1915, letters of administration of his estate were issued to respondent. On the twenty-fifth day of October, 1915, plaintiff was appointed administrator of the estate of said George Pratt, deceased, and he thereupon presented a claim against the estate of Samuel Pratt in favor of the estate of George Pratt for said money, with compound interest, the total amount of the claim being over eleven thousand dollars. It was rejected by the said administratrix and suit was immediately brought thereon. The said George Pratt left as his sole heir at law, his father, Samuel Pratt, Sr., who…