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O'NEILL'S ESTATE v. TUOMEY HOSPITAL

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254 S.C. 578 (1970)

176 S.E.2d 527

In re ESTATE OF L. Arthur O'NEILL, Jr., Estate of Vernon Wulbern Tobias, Ella O'Neill Newell, and Roas O'Neill Buckner, Appellants, v. The TUOMEY HOSPITAL and John D. Lee, Jr., Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate of L. Arthur O'Neill, Jr., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 31, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. John B. Thomas and Marvin H. Wolper, of Charleston, and Levi & Wittenberg, of Sumter, for Appellants.

Messrs Schwartz & Schwartz, of Sumter, for Respondents.

Messrs. John B. Thomas and Marvin H. Wolper, of Charleston, and Levi & Wittenberg, of Sumter, for Appellants, in Reply.

August 31, 1970.

LEWIS, Justice.

The issues in this appeal arise out of a contest as to the proper jurisdiction for the administration of the estate of L. Arthur O'Neill, Jr., deceased.

Under the provisions of Section 19-401 of the 1962 Code of Laws, the estate of the deceased must be administered in the county in which he was "last an inhabitant."

The deceased left a will and proceedings were instituted in the Probate Court for Sumter County...

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