Curts v. Brooks
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henderson county; the Hon. Arthur A. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was a citation against John Curts, administrator of the estate of Horatio Curts, deceased, to show cause why he should not distribute the funds in his hands belonging to the estate, to the heirs of the said intestate. The county court, on the motion of the administrator, dismissed the citation, from which order Eliza Brooks, one of the heirs of the deceased, appealed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henderson county; the Hon. Arthur A. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was a citation against John Curts, administrator of the estate of Horatio Curts, deceased, to show cause why he should not distribute the funds in his hands belonging to the estate, to the heirs of the said intestate. The county court, on the motion of the administrator, dismissed the citation, from which order Eliza Brooks, one of the heirs of the deceased, appealed. The defendant, in the circuit court, moved to dismiss the appeal, which the court overruled, and, on the hearing of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice AVat.ker
It appears that appellant was the administrator o f the estate of Horatio Curts, deceased; that he had, from time to time, filed reports of his administration, which were approved by the probate court. At the April term. 1872, of that court, lie filed an additional report, a part of which was approved, but a number of items, amounting in the aggregate to $2625.11, were rejected. From this order disallowing his claim for these items, he appealed to the circuit court.
After the appeal was perfected, and whilst the same was pending in the circuit court, a citation was issued against him by the…
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