Sanders v. Buenger

The probate court of Madison county appointed an administrator of the estate of Isom W. Johnson, deceased, and denied the petition of the public administrator to be appointed. The circuit court, on appeal, sustained the judgment of the probate court, and the Appellate Court thereafter affirmed the judgment of the circuit court, and the case is now here on writ of certiorari.

There appears to be no dispute as to matters of fact. The decision of the case rests on the construction of the Statutes of Administration and of Descent of this State.

Isom W. Johnson died intestate September 18, 1922,…