Shipman v. Butterfield

In this case after letters of administration had been introduced in evidence, counsel for the plaintiff introduced the record and files of the p(roJ>ate court in the matter of the estate of the deceased, to show the appointment of the plaintiff as administrator. Objection was then made that the petition for the appointment of an administrator did not set forth sufficient facts to confer jurisdiction in the probate court, and that there was nothing in the record or files of that court to supply the omission. The objection was sustained.

Section 4319 provides that administration of the estate of…