Gresham v. Pyron
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion, in Meriwether Superior Court. , Decision by Judge Starke, August Term, 1854. Lewis Pyron, claiming to be a creditor of Jacob Stroman, deceased, obtained temporary letters of administration upon his estate. He and' William Mitchell, (who also was a creditor,) both advertised for permanent letters.
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Motion, in Meriwether Superior Court. , Decision by Judge Starke, August Term, 1854. Lewis Pyron, claiming to be a creditor of Jacob Stroman, deceased, obtained temporary letters of administration upon his estate. He and' William Mitchell, (who also was a creditor,) both advertised for permanent letters. At the hearing, the Ordinary granted the letters to William Mitchell and revoked the temporary letters to Pyron, as having expired by their own limitation — Pyron making no objection thereto within four days. Pyron appealed from the grant of permanent letters to Mitchell. Letters pendente…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Starnes, J,.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] It is insisted, that the Ordinary was right in refusing this appeal, because it was proposed to be taken from a decision declining to grant letters of administration pendente lite. The law authorizes an appeal from “ any decision” of the Ordinary. ‘ It is impossible to say that this is not a decision. There can be no reason given why it is not as much a decision as the refusal of permanent letters.
The only reason assigned why there is a difference was, that *265if appeals from a refusal to grant letters, pending the appeal from a grant of…
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