Mullins v. Mullins

Opinion op the Court by

Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

This controversy principally involves the right of appellant, the widow of a person dying intestate, to he appointed administrator. The County Court, and on appeal the Circuit Court, determined that appellee, the deceased’s son, was the proper person to act in this capacity. The Circuit Court also directed the County Court to enter an order allowing the widow $500 on an application made by her, and from this judgment the son cross-appeals.

Appellant went through a ceremony of marriage with the deceased in 1935. At that time he was 73 years of…