Phillips v. Hassell
Tennessee Supreme Court
This bill and petition were filed in the chancery court at Gallatin. At the hearing before chancellor Ridley, he dismissed the petition for a settlement, and gave a decree for complainants in the bill. The case was removed to the supreme court by appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKinney, J.
This is a bill by husband and wife against the defendant, as administrator of C. Neal, deceased, who was guardian to the wife, for an account; and to obtain payment of the amount of money belonging to the wife, in the hands of said guardian, at his death. The balance found due to the complainants, as appears from the master’s report made in the chancery court, was on the 8th day of October, 1849, one thousand six hundred and ninety dollars and eight cents.
The complainant Eliza, at the time of her intermarriage with the other complainant, which was in 1847, was not quite fifteen years of age.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Van Duzer v. Van DuzerNew York Court of Chancery · 1837
- Haviland v. BloomNew York Court of Chancery · 1822