Ritchie v. . McAuslin

Administration when granted, if the next of kin are infants, should be granted durante minoritate; if beyond sea, or out of the country, duranteabsentia; and if otherwise granted, it is erroneous. Where the next of kin reside in a foreign country, and cannot personally attend to take the administration themselves, they may appoint a person in whom they have confidence to take it for them; and the court ought to grant the administration to their appointee. The court have not executed the power the law gives them when they have granted letters to a person not designated in that act before the…