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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Estate of A. P. MORE, Deceased.
    [No. 14,070;
    decided August, 1897.]
    Administrator—Who Incompetent to Nominate.—A brother and sister of a deceased person who are themselves incompetent to administer his estate are incompetent to nominate an administrator.
    Administration—Rival Claimants for Letters.—A sister of a deceased person who has a beneficial interest in Ms estate, who is familiar with the litigation in which it is involved, and who has already had charge of the property for some time as special administrator, has„a better right to letters of administration than one (the public administrator) who has no beneficial interest in the estate and who is a stranger to the litigation.