Underwood v. Underwood's Admr.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 112 — Controversy Originating in the McCracken County Court as to Whether G. B. Underwood shall be Appointed Administrator of the Estate of P. A. Underwood, Deceased, after said Estate .had been Ordered into the Hands of the Public-Administrator APPEAL FROM M’CRACKEN CIRCUIT COURT.
Read the full summary
Case 112 — Controversy Originating in the McCracken County Court as to Whether G. B. Underwood shall be Appointed Administrator of the Estate of P. A. Underwood, Deceased, after said Estate .had been Ordered into the Hands of the Public-Administrator APPEAL FROM M’CRACKEN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment of the County Court Affirmed by t&e Circuit Court, and G. B. Underwood Appeals — POINTS AND CITATIONS. 1. The order of the county court confiding the estate of the intestate to appellee as public administrator the next day_ after the intestate’s death, was unauthorized if not void, and the court…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
CHIEF JUSTICE PAYNTER
Reversing.
The intestate died in McCracken county on February 8, 1901. On the following day the county court of that county miadle an order placing the decedent’s estate in the ■ hands of the public administrator. The appellant, a kinsman of the decedent, though not a distributee, gave notice that he would move the court at the March term following to set aside the judgment placing the estate in the hands of the public administrator. The question here involved is as to the right of the county court to (confide the estate of a deceased person to the…
2Cited by8 opinions
- Fentzka's Administrator v. Warwick Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Jackson's Admr. v. Asher Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Buckner's Adm'rs v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
- Bannon v. FoxCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
- Steinberg v. SaltzmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.