Reed v. Bishop
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Cass Circuit Court; John 8. Lairy, Judge. Applications by Claude C. Bishop and another for letters of administration on the estate of George R. Hoopes, deceased, who was a resident of Pennsylvania. Pending the proceedings thereon Harry G. Reed and another, as executors under the will probated in Pennsylvania, sought to have the will admitted to record in this State and to have letters issued to themselves.
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From Cass Circuit Court; John 8. Lairy, Judge. Applications by Claude C. Bishop and another for letters of administration on the estate of George R. Hoopes, deceased, who was a resident of Pennsylvania. Pending the proceedings thereon Harry G. Reed and another, as executors under the will probated in Pennsylvania, sought to have the will admitted to record in this State and to have letters issued to themselves. From an order denying the admission of such will to record and appointing Claude C. Bishop administrator, this appeal is prosecuted.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
— On March. 9, 1911, George E. Hoopes, a resident of the state of Pennsylvania, departed this life testate in Cass county, Indiana. On March 20, 1911, the First National B'ank of Logansport, Indiana, was a creditor of the decedent, and ’William W. Eoss, its cashier, made application to the Cass Circuit Court, showing that decedent died in Cass county, leaving assets in that county, consisting of personal property of the value of about $7,000, that said estate was insolvent, and asked that letters of administration be issued to him as a representative of the largest creditor. On March 23,…
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