Skaggs v. Cook

STEWART, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court, affirming an order of the Jefferson County Court, by which the application of appellant, Bertha Mae Abell Skaggs, to be appointed administratrix of the estate of her uncle, James V. Abell, deceased, was rejected and Frank Haddad, Jr., an appellee herein, who is the public administrator of Jefferson County, was appointed.

On February 7, 1961, Mary P. Abell, wife of James V. Abell, died testate, and willed her estate of approximately $260,000 to certain persons unrelated to her by blood, with a provision that her…