Case Name: Pate v. Pate et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1922-07-22
Citations: 28 Ga. App. 798
Docket Number: 12991
Parties: Pate v. Pate et al.
Judges: Jenkins, P. J., concurs.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 798–798

Head Matter:
12991.
Pate v. Pate et al.
Decided July 22, 1922.
Appeal; from Douglas superior court — Judge Irwin. September 14, 1921.
J. S. James, for plaintiff in error.
J. R. Hutcheson, contra.

Opinion:
Stephens, J.
1. The fact that the deceased had made a will and had been intimidated into destroying it is not relevant, upon an application for administration upon the estate of the deceased, to negative the fact of intestacy; and such evidence was properly excluded.
2. Whore the applicant for appointment as administrator had been selected as such in writing by a majority of the heirs at law of the decedent (Civil Code of 1910, § 3943 (3)), he was as a matter of law entitled to the appointment, and a verdict to that effect was properly directed.
Judgment affirmed.
Jenkins, P. J., concurs.