Baines v. Barnes
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeals from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on the 24th November, 1875, by William N. Baines and others, as the heirs-at-law and distributees of the estate of Mrs. Lucinda Eason, deceased, against John D. Barnes, who was the surety on the official bond of James M. Fason, since deceased, as the administrator of the estate of said Lucinda Eason, his wife; and sought to compel an account and settlement of the…
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Appeals from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on the 24th November, 1875, by William N. Baines and others, as the heirs-at-law and distributees of the estate of Mrs. Lucinda Eason, deceased, against John D. Barnes, who was the surety on the official bond of James M. Fason, since deceased, as the administrator of the estate of said Lucinda Eason, his wife; and sought to compel an account and settlement of the said administration; also, to recover the possession of a tract of land, which the complainants claimed by descent from…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The present bill was filed to have a settlement of the administration of James M. Fason on the estate of Lucinda Eason, his deceased wife, and to recover a tract of land alleged to have descended to complainants from the said Lucinda. Three of the complainants are daughters of the said Lucinda, and other three are their husbands, they being married women. Another daughter of the said Lucinda had marriéd and died after the death of their mother, leaving a husband, but no descendant, surviving her. That surviving husband is a party complainant. Still another daughter had married after the death…
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