Hodges v. Coleman

This is the third appearance of this case in the Supreme Court. Coleman v. Hodges, 166 Ga. 288 (142 S. E. 875); Coleman v. Harrison, 168 Ga. 859 (149 S. E. 141). In 166 Ga. 288, this court held: “Where a distributee as an heir at law, claiming funds in the hands of the administrators of a decedent, cited such administrators to a settlement in the court of ordinary, and where the administratrix of a legatee under the will of such decedent claimed said funds upon the ground that they had been bequeathed to such legatee by the will of such decedent, the court of ordinary was without jurisdiction…