In re the Application for Letters of Administration on the Goods, Chattels & Credits of McGuire

Schulz, S.

The guardian of the estate of an infant applied for appointment as administrator of the goods, etc., of his deceased mother of whom such infant is the sole surviving" next of kin. The guardian of the infant’s person files a similar petition praying for her appointment.

After stating the order in which administration shall be granted upon estates of a decedent," section 2588 of the Code of Civil Procedure, so far as material to this controversy, provides that “If a person entitled to take all the personal estate is an infant, * * * his guardian # * * shall have a prior right to…