Section 1.2 Language Conferring Probate Jurisdiction

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B. (§1.2) Language Conferring Probate Jurisdiction

Article V, § 16, of the 1945 Constitution provided that there would be a probate court in each county with jurisdiction of all matters pertaining to probate business. Article V, § 17, further provided that probate courts would be courts of record and uniform in their organization, jurisdiction, and practice. The language used was general, like the language used in vesting jurisdiction in the Supreme Court (art. V, § 3) and in the circuit courts (art. V, §...