Brown v. Southern Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Co.

By the Court.

Two cases of the same title, Nos. 2817 and 2875, were consolidated, and here heard as one. As we view the record, but two questions are made:

First. Did the probate court have jurisdiction to determine the question of ownership in the proceeding filed for that purpose, and did the court of common pleas have jurisdiction to determine this question on appeal?

Second. If the court had jurisdiction, the question to be determined is the ownership of the 98 shares of stock of the Auburndale Realty Company, inventoried as assets of the estate of William Brown, deceased, and now claimed by…