Hicks v. Stalnaker

M. G. Hicks was appointed administrator of the estate of Mercer C. Stalnaker, deceased, at the May term, 1936, of the court of ordinary of Eulton County, upon the selection and petition of Mrs. Edith Stalnaker who alleged that she was the wife and heir at law of the deceased. Shortly thereafter, W. C. Stalnaker, a brother of the deceased, applied for letters of administration upon the estate, and he was selected as the administrator by the majority of the heirs at law of the deceased. However, before he was appointed, it was discovered that Hicks had already been appointed administrator of…