In re the Appointment of Plybon

Sprouse, Justice:

This case is before the Court on a writ of error and supersedeas to the final judgment of the Circuit Court of Wayne County, denying an appeal to Diane Ramey from an order of the County Court of Wayne County, and refusing to set aside the appointment of J. O. Plybon, Sheriff of Wayne County, as administrator of the estate of Ewell Watts.

The only question presented for decision is whether Ewell Watts had an estate in Wayne County which would authorize the grant of administration to the sheriff of that county.

Watts, at the time of his death, was a resident of Pickaway County,…