Gould v. Hays
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. E. D. Towses. This bill was filed by the children of George Hays, deceased, against William P. Gould, his executor ; seeking an account of the trust, and charging the executor with gross negligence and mismanagement in regard to it.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. E. D. Towses. This bill was filed by the children of George Hays, deceased, against William P. Gould, his executor ; seeking an account of the trust, and charging the executor with gross negligence and mismanagement in regard to it. At the June term, 1851, the decree of the former chancellor was reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings in accordance with the principles then laid down. — See 19 Ala. 438. A reference to the master of the matters of account was after-wards awarded in the court below, and the case now…
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDTHWAITE, J. —
This case comes here on appeal from the chancellor, confirming the report of the master, made in relation to the compensation tq be allowed the appellant *430as the executor of George Hays ; and the only questions presented arise on the action of the chancellor in overruling the exceptions taken to this report.
The appellant qualified as executor on the 22d Jan’y, 1839, and continued to act in that capacity until the 4th of January, 1845; and when this case was last before this court (19 Ala. 438), it was held, that the appellant was entitled to compensation as executor, — that…
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