In Re the Estate of Pitchi

Tbe orderly administration of tbe estates of decedents is a necessary incident to tbe devolution of property by inheritance or under testamentary devise. Such administration is a matter of public interest and is regulated by law. Under our statute jurisdiction is vested in tbe clerk of tbe Superior Court acting as probate judge. When so acting, bis court, in respect to probate matters, is a court of general jurisdiction.

His jurisdiction is invoked by application or petition by some person entitled to qualify as administrator or executor, G.S. 28-6, in which tbe requisite jurisdictional facts,…