Ellsworth, Administrator v. Cornes

Appellant, E. C. Ellsworth, was the administrator in succession of the estate of Frank Eve-land who died intestate in Garland county, Arkansas, February 2, 1936, leaving no widow and no direct heirs, his wife having predeceased him. Shortly after Eve-land’s death, one Davis, a former county judge of Garland county, was appointed and qualified as the first administrator and made and filed an inventory of said estate. A short while thereafter he died and his widow, May Davis, was appointed, qualified and served for a short time and resigned, and appellant, Ellsworth, became her successor.…