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David's Adm'r v. David

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 15, 1876PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the Probate Court of Limestone. In the matter of the estate of Bobert C. David, deceased, on the petition of his widow, Mrs. Sallie C. David, for the appointment of commissioners to set apart and allot the exempt property to which she might be entitled. When the commissioners made their report to the court, the administrator filed several objections to it, and moved to set it aside; but the court overruled his objections, and refused his motion.

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Appeal from the Probate Court of Limestone. In the matter of the estate of Bobert C. David, deceased, on the petition of his widow, Mrs. Sallie C. David, for the appointment of commissioners to set apart and allot the exempt property to which she might be entitled. When the commissioners made their report to the court, the administrator filed several objections to it, and moved to set it aside; but the court overruled his objections, and refused his motion. From this decree or decision the administrator appeals, and here assigns it as error. The material facts are stated in the opinion of the…

1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.

The property involved in this controversy was of the estate of the Robert C. David, of Limestone county. He died in May, 1873; and appellant, Sanders, was, on the 9th of June, appointed administrator of his estate, and on the 23d of that month returned an inventory and appraisement thereof into the Probate Court. On the 25th, upon petition of appellee, widow of the said Robert, to the judge of probate, that officer, by an order entered on the minutes of the court, appointed three persons (the same who had, under a prior appointment of the court, made the appraisement returned by the…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Jaffrey & Co. v. McGoughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  2. Ex Parte State Ex Rel. KnightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  3. Hill v. Quinlan (In Re Quinlan)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Alabama · 1981
  4. Holdsombeck v. FancherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  5. Leslie v. TuckerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876

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