Ray v. Jolles

Hines, Justice.

This is an appeal from the superior court’s denial of an application for a writ of prohibition seeking to restrain the probate court from appointing a temporary administrator and the appointee from acting as such. For the reasons which follow, the appeal is without merit, and we affirm the denial of the application.

Clyde Ray was appointed administrator of the estate of his sister, Thelma R. Allgood.1 National Health Investors, Inc. (“NHI”), a major creditor of the estate,2 petitioned the Probate Court of Richmond County to remove Ray as administrator. Following a hearing in the…