In Re Estate of Styers

The appellant contests the power of the presiding judge, after reversing the order of the clerk, to retain jurisdiction and appoint the administrator. If this position is sustained the other exceptions may be disregarded.

The Constitution of 1868 contained the following section: “The clerks of the Superior Courts shall have jurisdiction of the probate of deeds, the granting of letters testamentary and of administration, the appoint ment of guardians, the apprenticing of orphans, to audit the accounts of executors, administrators and guardians, and of such other matters as shall be prescribed…