Jones v. Green
Ohio Circuit Courts
Error to the Oourtjof Common Pleas of Franklin county. .On the 22nd day of April, 1899, Paul Jqnes was appointed and duly qualified, by the probate, court of Franklin county, as administrator with the will annexed' of the estate of Lucinda Jenkins, 'deceased.
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Error to the Oourtjof Common Pleas of Franklin county. .On the 22nd day of April, 1899, Paul Jqnes was appointed and duly qualified, by the probate, court of Franklin county, as administrator with the will annexed' of the estate of Lucinda Jenkins, 'deceased. On the 21st day of June, 1899, William H. Green filed a motion in said court representing that on the 18th day of March, 1899, he and his wife, in consideration of four hundred dollars to them' paid by said Lucinda Jenkins, had agreed to make a home for her with them and to support and care for her during the remainder of her life, an.d…
1Opinion of the CourtSummers, J.
The question to be determined is whether the probate court has jurisdiction against the objection of an administrator to adjudicate a claim made against an estate by a claimant other than the administrator,and to order its payment by the administrator, or to order him specifically to perform a contract alleged to have been made by his decedent.
The probate court is a court of delegated powers, having only such jurisdiction as is conferred upon it by the constitution and statutes, and it has not the inherent general jurisdiction of common law and chancery courts. Davis et al. v. Davis, 11 Ohio…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chalmers v. StewartOhio Supreme Court · 1842
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Harris v. HarrisOhio Court of Appeals · 2014