Ex parte Ruth Mary Higgins Baker.
Annotate this CaseRuth Mary Higgins Baker ("Ruth") petitioned the Supreme Court for review the Court of Civil Appeals' affirmance, without an opinion, of the judgment of the Circuit Court which denied her petition to be appointed the personal representative of the estate of her mother Ruth G. Higgins. The Supreme Court granted certiorari review to determine whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred in affirming the circuit court's judgment and, specifically, whether the circuit court had obtained jurisdiction over Higgins's estate. After careful consideration of the trial court and appellate court proceedings, the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals and remanded the case for that court to dismiss the appeal and to instruct the circuit court to vacate its orders removing the matter from the probate court, denying Ruth's petition for appointment as the administrator with the will annexed of Higgins's estate and appointing another administrator instead.
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