Bell v. Bryan

“In the granting of letters of administration of any kind, the following rules shall be observed, the applicant being required, in all cases, to be of sound mind, and to be laboring under no disability. . . 3. If there shall be several of the next of kin equally near in degree, the person selected in writing by a majority of those interested as distributees of the estate, and who are capable of expressing a choice, shall be appointed.” Code, § 113-1202. If the person thus selected by a majority of such heirs be competent and laboring under no disability, neither the ordinary, nor the jury on…