M'Candlish v. Hopkins
M'Candlish v. Hopkins
Opinion of the Court
The act of assembly gives the court power, in case none of the distributees apply for administration, to grant it to a creditor, or to any other person the court shall, in their discretion, think fit. So that, upon the words of the statute, a creditor has no preference over any other person ; but every case must depend upon its own circumstances. The appellant, therefore, has no right to a preference, unless the circumstances of his case require it: But he has shewn nothing to differ it from cases in general; and consequently has no claim to priority. Looking, therefore, to
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