Mississippi Supreme Court October 15, 1882 (Temples v. Cain)

Chalmers, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Two questions are presented by the record.

1.. Had our Probate Court, under the Constitution of 1832, jurisdiction to appoint an administrator of a decedent who left no personal estate, but died the owner of realty, leaving debts, for the payment of which a sale of the realty was necessary?

2.