In re the Estate of Whitson

This cause was tried in the circuit court of Franklin county on an appeal from a judgment of the probate court of said county, approving report of T. A. Lowe, administrator de bonis non of the estate of. John Whitson, deceased, of the sale of real estate for the payment of debts against said estate.

The circuit court on a trial de novo rendered judgment approving and confirming said report, and from this judgment an appeal is presented to this court, and we are asked to reverse the judgment on the alleged ground that neither the probate court nor circuit court had jurisdiction to pass upon the…