Superior Court of New Hampshire December 15, 1851 (Munsey v. Webster)

Perley, J.

By the Revised Statutes, chapter 158, § 2, “ administration of the estate of any person deceased shall be granted, first, to the executor named in the will of said deceased-; secondly, to the widow or any of the next of kin, or such suitable person as they may nominate; thirdly, to one of the devisees or creditors ; and fourthly, to such other person as the judge may think fit.