Austin v. Patrick

On May 4, 1937, which was during the regular April term of the chancery court of Pike county, the appellant, Rosina. Austin, filed her petition in said court for letters of administration on the estate of her mother, Sarah Patrick, who died on March 13, 1937. Thereupon a decree was rendered appointing her as administratrix of the estate, and she took the oath and entered into bond, as fixed by the chancellor, and which was duly approved by the clerk. The oath did not meet the requirements of section 1631, Code 1930, but was subject to amendment, and its insufficiency is immaterial on the…