Poole v. Rutherford

BROWN, Justice.

J. J. Grubbs died intestate in Young County in December, 1944, leaving an estate valued at about $20,000. Surviving him as his next of kin are two daughters, Mrs. Louetta Poole and Mrs. Ethel Rutherford. Neither of these daughters applied for letters of administration and a creditor of the estate made application for one Obie Dodd (unrelated in any degree to the deceased) to be so appointed, and the probate court granted the application and Dodd qualified.

The record discloses that Mrs. Rutherford not only acquiesced in these proceedings, but encouraged them..

When the…