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29 Ga. 566

Venable v. Mitchell

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 15, 1859

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1859-11-15

<p>The executor of a will is the proper administrator of the whole estate, .as well of that part of which the will does not dispose, as of that disposed of by the will.</p>

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— Stephens J.

¶1 By the Court.

¶2delivering the opinion.

¶3This was an application for letters of administration de bonis non, founded upon the idea that the executor could not administer intestate estate. We think this idea is a mistake, for by our statute of 1828, (See Cobb’s Digest,p. 327,)'exe-eutors are directed to hold the "residuum or undevised real or personal estate as trustees for the distributees or next of kin of their deceased testator or testatrix.” It is unnecessary to consider whether or not there is any intestacy in this'case, for under this statute the executor is the proper administrator of the intestate as well as of the testate estate. There was no use, therefore, for an administrator de bonis non, and the application was properly refused.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

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