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§58-122.


§58-122.
   
   Administration of the estate of a person dying intestate must be
   granted to some one or more of the persons hereinafter mentioned, and
   they are respectively entitled thereto in the following order:
   
   1. The surviving husband or wife, or some competent person whom he or
   she may request to have appointed.
   
   2. The children.
   
   3. The father or mother.
   
   4. The brothers or sisters.
   
   5. The grandchildren.
   
   6. The next of kin entitled to share in the distribution of the
   estate.
   
   7. The creditors.
   
   8. Any person legally competent.
   
   If the decedent was a member of a partnership at the time of his
   decease, the surviving partner must in no case be appointed
   administrator of his estate.
   

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