Wallace v. Wallace

Lewis, Justice:

This action involves the ownership of certain shares of stock registered in the name of J. W. Wallace, Sr., at the time of his death in 1928 and the right of plaintiff, an heir at law, to now require the defendant as administrator of the estate of the deceased, to account for the stock.

*297The late J. W. Wallace, Sr., died intestate on January-10, 1928, and his son, the defendant-appellant, M. C. Wallace, was appointed administrator of his estate on January 28, 1928. The present heirs at law of the deceased are his three sons: plaintiff-respondent, W. G. Wallace; appellant; and J.…