Baynes v. Baynes

Beasley, Chief Judge.

Shirley Baynes appeals from the denial of a motion for new trial. It followed the probate court’s denial of her request for issuance of letters of administration to herself and the issuance instead to appellee Trina Baynes, whom the court simultaneously appointed as administratrix. The estate at issue is that of Harold George Baynes, whose common law wife Shirley Baynes claimed to be. Trina, who had objected to the appointment of Shirley, is his daughter.

A trial was held, and the trial court set out its findings of fact.

1. The first enumeration is that the court erred in…