Cooper v. Cooper

John Ellis died intestate in Marion county. ITe left surviving him, as his only heirs, a widow, who was a nonresident of the State, Joseph Ellis, an insane son, and Annettie Cooper, a married woman, his daughter, whose husband refused to consent to her appointment as administratrix of the estate of said decedent. The decedent also left surviving him the appellee, his grandson, the son of his daughter and her husband, the appellant. The appellant applied for letters of administration upon the estate of the decedent, and the following day the appellee applied for like letters. The appellant’s…