Raper v. Smith

Gardner, Presiding Judge.

We have one question to be determined and that is whether or not the Judge of the Superior Court of Cobb County on appeal erred in overruling the general demurrer to the petition. It is an elementary principle of law in wills and administration of estates that an executor or administrator must observe the priorities prescribed by law for the payment of the deceased’s debts. In King v. Johnson, 96 Ga. 497, 498 (23 S. E. 500), this court held: “When a widow is the administratrix upon the estate of her deceased husband, she is bound, while acting in that capacity, to…