Brown v. Hill
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Kemper county; Hon. John Watts, Judge. Ruth Hill sued Mary Brown, administratrix, and David McWilliams, administrator of the estate of Jacob K. Brown, deceased, in the circuit court of Kemper county, upon a writing obligatory made by the deceased, payable eighteen months after date, and dated 2d October, 1839, payable in current banknotes.
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In error from the circuit court of Kemper county; Hon. John Watts, Judge. Ruth Hill sued Mary Brown, administratrix, and David McWilliams, administrator of the estate of Jacob K. Brown, deceased, in the circuit court of Kemper county, upon a writing obligatory made by the deceased, payable eighteen months after date, and dated 2d October, 1839, payable in current banknotes. On the 28th day of October, 1844, the judge of probate granted letters of administration to the defendants, in vacation; on the 16th of April, 1845, the claim was presented to one of the defendants; on the 29th of April,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
The plaintiffs in error were sued in the court below, as administratrix and administrator of the estate of Jacob K. Brown, deceased, upon a writing obligatory made by the intestate-, on the 2d of October, 1839, and payable eighteen months after date. Judgment was rendered upon an agreed state of facts for the plaintiffs below, from which the defendants prosecuted a writ of error to this court.
The facts as agreed are as follows : That letters of administration were granted by the judge of the probate court of Kemper county, to the plaintiffs in error, in vacation, on the 28th of October, 1844,…
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