SALE
In Re: Courjon – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Sale, J. - It appears that at the request of a nephew of the testator the Administrator-General applied for and obtained letters of administration with a copy of the will and codicils of the testator annexed "limited" for the purpose of collecting the assets and paying the debts and charges of the interment of the deceased. Subsequently he applied to the Court and obtained also authority to pay the legacies given by the will and codicils. This application for an extension of his authority was made at the request of the present petitioner, who, as universal legatee and executrix according to the tenor, is now applying that the letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General may be revoked, and that probate be granted to her. I think there are sufficient indications in the codicils that the testator intended that the petitioner should administer as estate, and accordingly on the authority of the cases In the goods of Punc(sic)ard (1872) L. R., 2 P. and D., 369, and In the goods of Adamson (1875) L. R., 3 P& D. 253, the petitioner is entitled to probate as executrix according to the tenor, and she is also entitled to an order for revocation of the letters of adm
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