Woodall v. Wright
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Marshall. Tried, before the Hon. James A. Bilbro. This is an action brought by appellants, Irene Woodal and Willie Chambliss, suing by her next friend, against I. A. Wright, J. B. Manning, and Hodge Woodall as administrator of D. A. Thomas, deceased, the defendants being sureties on a bond of Robert'I.' Wright, as administrator of the estate of Martha E. Chambliss, said bond being in the amount of $3,000. The complaint alleges that said bond was…
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Marshall. Tried, before the Hon. James A. Bilbro. This is an action brought by appellants, Irene Woodal and Willie Chambliss, suing by her next friend, against I. A. Wright, J. B. Manning, and Hodge Woodall as administrator of D. A. Thomas, deceased, the defendants being sureties on a bond of Robert'I.' Wright, as administrator of the estate of Martha E. Chambliss, said bond being in the amount of $3,000. The complaint alleges that said bond was broken in this: “That on the 19th day of May, 1900, plaintiffs did recover a judgment in the Chancery Court of Marshall…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
This suit was brought by the plaintiffs against the defendants, as sureties on the administrator’s bond of one, Robert I. Wright, who is not made a party defendant, and was based on certain judgments rendered in the chancery court against him as administrator in May, 1900. Defendants interposed, among others, pleas 8, 9 and 14, and to each of which plaintiff filed demurrers, and the ruling of the trial court in overruling said demurrers is brought here for review.
Plea 8, sets up that the estate was declared insolvent, July, 9th, 1900, which was after the rendition of the judgments, and that…
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