Ford v. Byrd

Smith, O. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Mrs. Lizzie Meyer Wehmeyer died on August 10, 1936, leaving a will in which Leona Byrd was- nominated as executrix, and Julius M. Buchanan as executor. On August 17, 1936, they applied for and received letters of administration, the petition therefor setting forth that her estate consisted in part of $9,000 in U. S. Bonds.

On March 27, 1937, Helen Meyer Ford filed a petition in the court below in this administration proceeding setting forth Mrs. Wehmeyer’s will, and alleging in substance that: The petitioner is Mrs. Wehmeyer’s sole heir at law;…