State ex rel. Quinn v. Leopold

On December 27, 1953, May F. Thompson died intestate, a resident of Jasper County, Indiana, leaving surviving her three adult grandchildren, Fir-man Thompson, a resident of Rensselaer, Jasper, County, Indiana, Elizabeth............. a resident of Chicago, Illinois, and Jean Thornton, of Miami, Florida, and five great-grandchildren. Firman Thompson is the only grandchild who is a resident of Indiana.

*190On January 15, 1954, the relator and said Firman Thompson, filed in the Jasper Circuit Court a joint petition to be appointed co-administrators of the estate of said May F. Thompson, deceased. All…