Ex Parte Wingate

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. W. C. Cothran, Acting Associate Justice.

Elias S. Wingate, long a resident of the City of Charleston, died in the City of Savannah, Ga., whence he had removed shortly before his death. He had two sons; Philip, the petitioner herein, resided in Charleston, and Charles B., the respondent herein, resided in Savannah. The legal title to the home at No. 6 Reid Street, Charleston, had been for many years in the name of Elias S. Wingate, at which home he and Philip Wingate had resided for more than twenty years. Philip paid no rent and no relation as…