State Ex Rel. Wilson, Etc. v. Howard Cir. Ct., Etc.

This is an original action for a writ of prohibition to prohibit the Howard Circuit Court from exercising further jurisdiction in the administration of the estate of Lucy Schuler Wilson, deceased. We issued the temporary writ, and the final disposition of the action here depends on whether the respondent court or the Howard Superior Court has jurisdiction of this estate. The issue here is made possible, if not invited, by §4-4006, Burns’ 1946 Replacement (Supp.) (§6, ch. 262, Acts 1953), which confers on the Howard Superior Court concurrent jurisdiction in “all probate matters, actions and…