Snedicor v. Carnes
Supreme Court of Alabama
Writ of Error to the Orphans’ Court of Greene. This proceeding was commenced by Joseph Carnes, as the administrator of William B. Carnes, against George G. Snedieor as the administrator of James Snedieor, who in his life-time was the guardian, appointed by the same Court, of said William B. Carnes ; and was instituted to compel the administrator of Sned-icor to pay over the money due by Snedieor to his ward at the time of his death, which happened about four months before he…
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Writ of Error to the Orphans’ Court of Greene. This proceeding was commenced by Joseph Carnes, as the administrator of William B. Carnes, against George G. Snedieor as the administrator of James Snedieor, who in his life-time was the guardian, appointed by the same Court, of said William B. Carnes ; and was instituted to compel the administrator of Sned-icor to pay over the money due by Snedieor to his ward at the time of his death, which happened about four months before he became of age. The guai-dianship commenced when the ward was five or six years old, and the money which came to the…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
The objection to the exercise of jurisdiction by the Orphans’ Court, is conclusive of the case. None of the statutes conferring powers upon the Orphans’ Courts, ex*656tend so far as to invest them with authority to cite the administrator or executor of a guardian to account concerning the guardianship of their testator or intestate ; and these Courts certainly possess no general jurisdiction over guardians independent of statutory regulations. If the matter was doubtful as to executors and administrators, it seems certain as to guardians.
In Talliaferro v. Basset, [3 Ala. Rep. 670,] we held, upon…
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