Hill v. Hardy
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Probates of Monroe county. Hon. W. A. Tucker, judge. ■ This was a petition filed in the court below, bj Hardy & Williams, against Thomas, the administrator, and against Elizabeth Hill, John Hill, and Thompson Hill, distributees of John Hill, deceased, in which it was alleged that the petitioners had purchased, for a valuable and full consideration, the interest of the said distributees, in two slaves belonging to said estate; that these two slaves…
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Appeal from the Court of Probates of Monroe county. Hon. W. A. Tucker, judge. ■ This was a petition filed in the court below, bj Hardy & Williams, against Thomas, the administrator, and against Elizabeth Hill, John Hill, and Thompson Hill, distributees of John Hill, deceased, in which it was alleged that the petitioners had purchased, for a valuable and full consideration, the interest of the said distributees, in two slaves belonging to said estate; that these two slaves had afterwards been sold by the administrator, and that the proceeds of said sale constituted the balance found against…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This case is brought before us by appeal taken to a decree of the Court of Probates of Monroe county.
The proceeding was, originally, a petition filed in said court by the appellees, in which it was alleged that the appellees had purchased from Elizabeth, John, and Thompson Hill, their interest, as distributees of the estate of John Hill, deceased, in two slaves, Emily and Cynthia, for which they had paid a full consideration. That the administrator of the said deceased’s estate had filed his final account for settlement and allowance, and that the amount in the hands of the administrator for…
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