Bradford v. Graves

The chancellor sustained a plea in abatement filed by the administrator of the estate of John Bradford to a bill brought by an alleged widow to recover as the "sole distributee of the estate” of said Bradford the funds in the hands of the administrator, received by him as damages for the wrongful death of the said Bradford. The ground of the plea was the prematurity of the suit, which was brought within six months of the appointment of the administrator. Section 8220 of the Code was relied on and given effect. This section expressly provides that "Administrators shall have six months from the…