Williamson v. Hill
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit court of Wilcox county; Proceedings in the Orphan’s Court, against an administrator with the will annexed.
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Error to the Circuit court of Wilcox county; Proceedings in the Orphan’s Court, against an administrator with the will annexed. In the Orphan’s Court of Wilcox county, in vacation, on the eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, upon the application of Lucy Mi Howell, widow of William H. Howell, deceased, for letters of administration, with the will annexed, on the estate of Caleb Howell deceased, it was made to appear to the court, by the will of said Caleb Howell, deceased, that William H. Howell, the deceased husband of said Lucy M., was appointed sole executor of said…
1Opinion of the CourtCollier, C. J.
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In this case, it appears'fhat Caleb Howell, of the county of Baldwin, died in 'the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four, leaving a will, which was proved and recorded, under the directions of the Orphans’ court of that county, in July of the same year.
In August, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven,- letters of administration, with the will annexed, were issued by the county court of Wilcox, to Lucy M. Howell and Benjamin Williamson, who qualified, by giving bond, &c. Afterward, in July, eighteeiphim-dred and twenty-eight, Benjamin Williamson resigned his administration, and Lucy M. continued…
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