McBride v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Contest of the Probate of Will. Appeal from Mobile Probate Court. Heard before Hon. Price Williams, Jr, Application by George J. Sullivan, executor, for tlie probate of the will of Joseph Hastings. From a decree admitting the will to probate, Nannie McBride, contestant, appeals. George J. Sullivan filed for probate the will of Joseph Hastings.
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Contest of the Probate of Will. Appeal from Mobile Probate Court. Heard before Hon. Price Williams, Jr, Application by George J. Sullivan, executor, for tlie probate of the will of Joseph Hastings. From a decree admitting the will to probate, Nannie McBride, contestant, appeals. George J. Sullivan filed for probate the will of Joseph Hastings. Under the terms of the will he was made the executor of said will, which directed that the debts of decedent be paid and that all of his property of every kind and description should go to his nephew, Warren Hastings. Nannie McBride, who alleges that…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
This is an appeal by .the contestant, in a proceeding in the probate court to admit to probate the will of Joseph Hastings, deceased. The point is made by the appellee that, as the bill of exceptions was not signed Avithin 20 days and the hill of exceptions does not shoAv that the time was extended by the judge in Avriting, it cannot be considered. This point is not well taken, as the record states that the order extending the time was made by the judge, and sets out the order, as made, extending the time until May 2, 1907, and the certificate of the judge to the correctness of the record *172spec…
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