Green v. Moore
Supreme Court of Alabama
This was a bill in chancery filed in Madison Circuit Court, against William Moore the executor of the last will and testament of Uriah Bass. The case presented the following facts. Uriah Bass, by his last will and testament amongst other devises, bequeathed to Ann Green, his daughter, two quarter sections of land. The land in question had been purchased, by Bass, from the United States, and one fourth of the purchase money paid.
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This was a bill in chancery filed in Madison Circuit Court, against William Moore the executor of the last will and testament of Uriah Bass. The case presented the following facts. Uriah Bass, by his last will and testament amongst other devises, bequeathed to Ann Green, his daughter, two quarter sections of land. The land in question had been purchased, by Bass, from the United States, and one fourth of the purchase money paid. Uriah Bass died possessed of an estate amply adequate to the payment of all his debts, and to the settlement of all his bequests. After the executor had qualified,…
1Opinion of the CourtCrknshaw, J.
In this case, the bill and supplement set, forth, that Uriah Bass, by his last will and testament, among other things, devised to his daughter Ann, the wife of John A. Green, two quarter sections of land therein described; that at public sale the testator had purchased the lands of the United States, at the price of three thousand nine hundred and thirty six dollars, having paid one fourth of the purchase money, leaving three fourths unpaid at the time of his death: that in his will, he directed all his just debts to be paid, and left a large estate amply sufficient to pay debts and legacies…
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