Dean v. Biggers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Application for letters of administration, &c., from Harris county. Decision by Judge Woreill, at October Term 1858. Seaborn L. Dean applied for letters of administration on the estate of Elizabeth Holcombe, deceased, when a will was produced for probate, and upon proof was admitted to record as the last will and testament of said Elizabeth — G. W. Epps being the executor thereof.
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Application for letters of administration, &c., from Harris county. Decision by Judge Woreill, at October Term 1858. Seaborn L. Dean applied for letters of administration on the estate of Elizabeth Holcombe, deceased, when a will was produced for probate, and upon proof was admitted to record as the last will and testament of said Elizabeth — G. W. Epps being the executor thereof. An appeal was taken from the judgment of the Ordinary admitting said will to probate, by Dean, a son and heir at law of deceased. The Ordinary appointed Dean administrator pendente lite, as to all the .estate and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McDonald J.
delivering the opinion.
In opposition to the application of the'plain tiff in error for administration on the estate of Mrs. Holcombe, a will was produced and admitted to probate by the Ordinary, who nevertheless granted administration to Dean on a part of the estate, which did not pass by Mrs. Holcombe’s will. G. W. Eppes was named as executor in the will. He does not appear to have been a party in the Court of Ordinary, either in the proceeding to prove the will or to resist the grant of administration to Dean, but Lorenzo M. Biggers alone appeared to contest the…
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