IN RE PITCHI'S ESTATE

No. 94.

57 S.E.2d 649 (1950)

231 N.C. 485

In re PITCHI'S ESTATE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 1, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connor, Gardner & Connor, Wilson, for petitioner-appellant.

Charles B. McLean and F. L. Carr, Wilson, for respondent-appellee.


BARNHILL, Justice.

The orderly administration of the estates of decedents is a necessary incident to the devolution of property by inheritance or under testamentary devise. Such administration is a matter of public interest and is regulated by law. Under our statute jurisdiction is vested in the clerk of the Superior Court acting as probate judge. When so acting, his court, in respect to probate matters, is a court of general jurisdiction.

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