Bruce v. Fogarty

1. “Courts of ordinary have authority to exercise original, exclusive, and general jurisdiction of the following subject-matters: . . The granting of letters testamentary, and of administration, and the repeal or revocation of the same. . . All controversies in relation to the right of executorship or administration.” Code of 1933, § 24-1901 (2, 3). “Whenever the ordinary knows, or is informed by any person having any interest in the estate, that the administrator . . for any reason . . is unfit for the trust reposed in him,” after citation and hearing, “the ordinary may, in his discretion,…