Bass v. Heard
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the Chancery Court of Madison county. Hon. E. Gr. Henry, chancellor. W. F. Bass died in Madison county, and the appellant, Caroline F. Bass, was appointed his administratrix, in November, A.D. 1855. In April, 1856, each of the three appellees recovered a judgment against the administratrix, upon which executions were issued, and were levied by the sheriff, on a slave belonging to the decedent, on the 21st of June, 1856. On the 17th of July, 1856, the…
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In error from the Chancery Court of Madison county. Hon. E. Gr. Henry, chancellor. W. F. Bass died in Madison county, and the appellant, Caroline F. Bass, was appointed his administratrix, in November, A.D. 1855. In April, 1856, each of the three appellees recovered a judgment against the administratrix, upon which executions were issued, and were levied by the sheriff, on a slave belonging to the decedent, on the 21st of June, 1856. On the 17th of July, 1856, the administratrix procured an order of the Probate Court, declaring the estate insolvent; and, on the 21st of the same month, filed…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This was a bill in equity, filed by the plaintiff in error, to enjoin certain executions, upon judgments rendered against her as administratrix of her intestate, in behalf of the defendants.
It shows that after the executions were issued, and had been levied upon personal property of the estate, the estate was duly declared insolvent, and the relief sought is, to restrain the sale of the property under the executions, and to bring it into a ratable distribution among all the creditors of the estate, including the plaintiffs, whose executions were enjoined. The defendants moved to dissolve the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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