State ex rel. Leeper v. Marshall Circuit Court

This is an original action brought by relator for a writ of prohibition. A temporary writ was issued.

The essential facts which give rise to these proceedings are as follows:

The decedent, John Leeper, died leaving children by his first wife, and the relator who was a second childless wife. Carl E. Wilson was duly appointed special administrator of the estate of John Leeper, deceased, by the Marshall Circuit Court on November 29, 1955. After filing inventory and appraisement of the personal property of decedent, he filed his petition to sell certain personal property which had been in the…