Koon ex rel. de bonis non Wilson v. Munro ex rel. Keenan
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Nobthbop, J., at Union, March Term, 1877. This was a case in chancery brought by the plaintiff as administrator de bonis non of Clinton Wilson, deceased, against William Munro, as administrator of William J. Keenan, deceased, who during his lifetime had been administrator of the said estate of Clinton Wilson, and against the distributees of the said Wilson, praying an account by said William Munro of his intestate’s administration of said Wilson’s estate, and for a…
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Before Nobthbop, J., at Union, March Term, 1877. This was a case in chancery brought by the plaintiff as administrator de bonis non of Clinton Wilson, deceased, against William Munro, as administrator of William J. Keenan, deceased, who during his lifetime had been administrator of the said estate of Clinton Wilson, and against the distributees of the said Wilson, praying an account by said William Munro of his intestate’s administration of said Wilson’s estate, and for a sale of the lands of said Wilson in aid of assets. The distributees, in their answer, join in the prayer of complainant…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Willard, C. J.
W. J. Keenan administered on the estate of C. Wilson. At Keenan’s death, administration de bonis non *147was granted to the plaintiff, Koon, and the defendant, Munro, became the administrator of Keenan.
The administrator of Keenan is now called to account for the administration by his intestate of the estate of C. Wilson.
The principal question in the cáse' is whether the estate of Keenan should be allowed certain credits claimed as due from the fact that he had converted assets of the estate into confederate bonds in 1864. It must be assumed…
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