Dennis v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a probate court, appointing a coadniinistrator to fill a vacancy caused by the death of one of two administrators of an estate.
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Hearing on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a probate court, appointing a coadniinistrator to fill a vacancy caused by the death of one of two administrators of an estate. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Under an order of the supreme court of the District of Columbia holding a probate court denying probate to the last will and testament of one Sarali Catherine Borrows, letters of administration were granted to Edmund Borrows Brig'gs, a first cousin of the deceased, and appellant, William Henry Dennis, who was not related…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdel
The sole question here presented is one of power in the probate court, over the objection of the surviving administrator, to appoint an administrator to fill a vacancy caused by the death of one of'two administrators. Neither of the present administrators are related by blood to the decedent, nor are any of the next of kin who are given preference in administration under the statute making objection to the present order. In this particular, the case differs from Williams v. Williams, 24 App. D. C. 214.
While it is true, as insisted by appellant, that a surviving administrator, succeeds to all…
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