Estate of Kelly

California Supreme Court
Estate of Kelly, 57 Cal. 81 (Cal. 1880)

Estate of Kelly

Opinion of the Court

The Court:

This case involves the question as to the right of administration. The public administrator a¡)plied for letters, and a counter-application was made by the nominee of a married daughter of the intestate. Under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, we see no way of escaping the conclusion, that in such a case the public administrator has the first right. There' have been, at various times, so many amendments to the Code concerning the right of administration, that it is quite difficult to extract a harmonious system; indeed, in the case at bar, we see no reason why the husband of the female heir may not administer, other than the rule as furnished to us by the Legislature.

Order reversed and cause remanded.

Reference

Full Case Name
ESTATE OF ELIZA KELLY
Cited By
4 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
■Ajxsitnistrator—Estates op Deceased Persons.—As between the public administrator and the nominee of the married daughter of the intestate, the public administrator has the better right to letters of administration.