Davis v. Melton

The judgment of a court of ordinary, which is a court of general jurisdiction, appointing an administrator, is presumably valid, and presumably all of the essentials requisite to the jurisdiction of the court in the particular case have been complied with, in the absence of anything to the contrary affirmatively appearing. Wash v. Dickson, 147 Ga. 540 (94 S. E. 1009); Jones v. Smith, 120 Ga. 642 (48 S. E. 134); Stuckey v. Watkins, 112 Ga. 268 (37 S. E. 401); Barclay v. Kimsey, 72 Ga. 725; Head v. Bridges, 67 Ga. 227, 238; 23 C. J. 1082 § 237; Greenleaf on Evidence (14 ed.), p. 608. The…