Cavendar v. Evans

Quillian, Justice.

Jackson C. Cavendar and Ollie W. Cavendar filed their petition for letters of administration for the estate of Mrs. Alice Cavendar, deceased, in the Whitfield Court of Ordinary. To the petition, Mrs. Eugene Evans filed a caveat alleging that she was the deceased’s guardian and under the provisions of Code Ann. § 49-316 (Ga. L. 1858, p. 57; Ga. L. 1958, p. 377) was automatically, by operation of law, the administratrix of the estate. The caveat was overruled by the ordinary to which appeal was taken to the Whitfield Superior Court. Thereafter, the petitioners filed a…