Dobbs v. Distributees of Cockerham
Supreme Court of Alabama
, This case came to the Supreme Court; on the .final-decree of the Orphans’ Court of Pickens, in relation, to the settlement of an estate. . ■ Dobbs and Cookerham, administrator and admin-istratrix,- of the estate of William W. 'Cockerham, hay-' ing been required to make final settlement and distribution of the estate of their intestate, the defench ants in error, heirs of said estate, filed a statement, alleging, that, the administrator and administratrix had not made . a…
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, This case came to the Supreme Court; on the .final-decree of the Orphans’ Court of Pickens, in relation, to the settlement of an estate. . ■ Dobbs and Cookerham, administrator and admin-istratrix,- of the estate of William W. 'Cockerham, hay-' ing been required to make final settlement and distribution of the estate of their intestate, the defench ants in error, heirs of said estate, filed a statement, alleging, that, the administrator and administratrix had not made . a complete inventory of the estate ‘} that certain slaves mentioned and described in the statement, liad been wholly…
1Opinion of the Court
By Mr. Justice Hitchcock :
The plaintiffs in error, who are administrator and administratrix of William W. Cockerham, deceased, were cited before the Judge of the County Court of Pickens county, to make final settlement of their administration, and to make distribution of the estate among the heirs. At the hearing before the. Judge in October, 1833, the defendants in error, a part of said heirs, filed a statement as follows :
“ The distributees, in the above case, allege and aver, that the said administrators have not made a true and perfect and -complete inventory of the personal estate of…
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