Hamrick v. Hamrick

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The sole purpose of the petition here is to oust the jurisdiction of the court of ordinary; wrest the-administration of the estate from the hands of the executor who-was chosen and named by the testator, and has been duly qualified; and to have a court of equity assume jurisdiction and administer the estate by a receiver appointed by that court. Although it is the established rule that, where two courts have concurrent jurisdiction, the court first taking jurisdiction will retain it (Code, § 37-122; Mordecai v. Stewart, 37 Ga. 364; Spooner v. Bank of Donalsonville,…