Hoshall v. Brown
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; J. S. Thomas, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On June 4, 1902, Henry P. Gorman, administrator in succession of the estate of Hiram Evans, deceased, acting under an order of the probate court, made a sale of certain lands belonging to said estate for the payment of debts which had been duly probated and allowed by the probate court.
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Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; J. S. Thomas, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On June 4, 1902, Henry P. Gorman, administrator in succession of the estate of Hiram Evans, deceased, acting under an order of the probate court, made a sale of certain lands belonging to said estate for the payment of debts which had been duly probated and allowed by the probate court. The sale was confirmed by the probate court, and an appeal was taken to the circuit court, where the sale was again confirmed. In both the probate and circuit courts exceptions were filed by the appellants to the report…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). In Jackson v. Gorman, 70 Ark. 88, the order of sale of 'July 21, 1897, was held to be valid. The appellants in this case were parties to that suit. In their amended answer and cross bill to the petition for the new order of sale made in the probate court, which they were resisting, they attack the order of sale of July 21, 1897. This court, in that case, speaking of that order of sale, said:
“The probate court had acted, and, presumptively, upon the proper showing made, and the term had passed without objection raised. The conclusion is that everything was…
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