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§58-714.
§58-714.
Proceedings for probate of wills of two or more deceased persons may
be joined and united in one proceeding, and proceedings for
administration of estates of two or more deceased persons who died
intestate may be joined and united in one proceeding, and proceedings
for probate of wills of one or more deceased persons and proceedings
for the administration of estates of one or more deceased persons who
died intestate may be joined and united in one proceeding, (a) where
the estate or estates left by one or more of such deceased persons or
some part thereof, has been or is to be received from another of such
deceased persons, immediately or remotely, either by will or intestate
succession, and no probate or administration proceedings have been had
or commenced upon the estate of any of such deceased persons, and/or
(b) where two or more deceased persons died seized of undivided
interests in property, real or personal, as tenants in common or
otherwise, and no probate or administration proceedings have been had
or commenced on the estate of either or any of them, and one or more
of the heirs, devisees or legatees of such deceased persons are the
same; and the court may grant letters testamentary and/or letters of
administration, as the case may be, upon such estates and they may be
administered in one proceeding; provided, that, in all cases herein
mentioned the court granting such letters has jurisdiction of each of
the proceedings so united.
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