Myers v. Cann

Atkinson, Justice.

The questions made in this ease arise on the following state of facts: Herman Myers presented his petition to the ordinary of Chatham county, asking that letters of administration with the will annexed be granted to him upon the estate of Peter Patterson. In his petition he set forth that Patterson had died testate, but nominating no executor, leaving an estate worth about fifteen hundred dollars; that the sole legatee of the estate was Emma Jones, who failed to administer said estate, and that the Savannah Grocery Company, of which petitioner is president, is a creditor of…