Estate of McLaughlin

THE STATUTE AS TO APPRAISEMENTS, ETC.

The law governing .... all questions involving the making and return of inventories and appraisements of the estates of decedents, and the appointment, duties and compensation of appraisers in connection therewith, is found in sections 1443 to 1451, inclusive; 1469, and 1475 to 1478, inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure of this state. But the particular section which is decisive of the questions in *110 this reference is section 1444, Code of Civil Procedure, perhaps the most important of all the sections relating to appraisers and appraisements, which reads: “To make the appraisement the court, or a judge thereof, must appoint three disinterested persons (any two of whom may act), who are entitled to receive a reasonable compensation for their services, not to exceed five dollars per day, to be allowed by the court or judge. The appraisers must, with the inventory file a verified account of their services and disbursements. If any part of the estate is in any other county than that in which letters issued, appraisers thereof may be appointed, either by the court or judge having jurisdiction of the estate, or by the court or judge of…