Dickie v. Dickie
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Probate Court of Oalboun. Tried before tbe lion. Alexander Woods. This is an appeal by Washington Dickie as administrator of tbe estate of E. C. Dickie, deceased, and is taken from rulings of tbe court upon certain items of bis account upon final settlement of said estate. The character of the items, and tbe action upon them, sufficiently appear in the opinion rendered by this court.
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
Tbe evidence does not convince us, that tbe Probate Court erred in refusing to charge tbe administrator with tbe amount alleged to have been collected from Cochran. Tbe witnesses conti-adict each other as to the collection, and there is no proof that Cochran was indebted to the estate. Nor is tbe evidence sufficient to relieve the administrator from liability for tbe pistol purchased by him. Supposition or belief, that it bad been accounted for in some prior aggregate items will not answer. Tbe fact must be made to appear with reasonable certainty.
We are unable to satisfactorily ascertain,…
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