State Ex Rel. State Bank v. Howard Circuit Court

This is an original action to prohibit the Howard Circuit Court from exercising further jurisdiction in regard to Cause No. 30507 pending in that court. The facts are as follows:

In Howard County both the Circuit and the Superior Courts have concurrent probate jurisdiction.

Pursuant to an agreement made between Howard C. Cullins and Effie B. Cullins, brother and sister, they executed a joint will on February 9, 1939. This will provided that the survivor should have a life estate in the deceased’s property and made provision for disposition of the property to the same beneficiaries upon the…