Tarver v. Tankersley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Montgomery. In the matter of tbe estate of George W. Tarver, deceased, on a citation issued at the instance of Nancy Tarver and others, distributees of said estate, against F. M. T. Tankersley, the administrator, requiring him to appear and make a final settlement of his administration.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Montgomery. In the matter of tbe estate of George W. Tarver, deceased, on a citation issued at the instance of Nancy Tarver and others, distributees of said estate, against F. M. T. Tankersley, the administrator, requiring him to appear and make a final settlement of his administration. The citation was issued on the 18th March, 1872, and was duly served; and on the day appointed, the 19th April, 1872, the administrator appeared, and, without filing any account, pleaded five pleas in bar, setting up in each a decree rendered by said probate court, on final…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The facts set up in the pleas in this case are substantially the same as those which were- presented by the petition in the case of Griffin v. Ryland, 45 Ala. 688. In that case, the judgments of the rebel courts were placed on the footing of foreign judgments. In a recent case before the supreme court of the United States, Justice Field, as the organ of the court, said : “We admit that the acts of the several states in their individual capacities, and of their different departments of government, executive, judicial, and legislative, during the war, so far as they did not impair, or tend to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Griffin v. Ryland & BurnsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1871
3Cited by2 opinions
- Lowery v. DanielSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Ligon v. LigonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887