James v. Gibson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crittenden Chancery Court. Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor. statement by the court. Dr. D. E. Gibson, Sr., a citizen and resident of Shelby County, Tennessee, died in November, 1878, leaving a will devising all of his property, after the payment of his debts, to his wife, Emma M. Gibson, for life, with remainder; one-half to his nephew, D. E. Gibson, one of the appellees, and the other half to the appellants, children of the testator’s brother, Addison Gibson,…
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Appeal from Crittenden Chancery Court. Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor. statement by the court. Dr. D. E. Gibson, Sr., a citizen and resident of Shelby County, Tennessee, died in November, 1878, leaving a will devising all of his property, after the payment of his debts, to his wife, Emma M. Gibson, for life, with remainder; one-half to his nephew, D. E. Gibson, one of the appellees, and the other half to the appellants, children of the testator’s brother, Addison Gibson, and naming the said Emma M. Gibson and D. E. Gibson as executrix and executor of his will. At the time of his death he…
1Opinion of the Court
McCurroch, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Much labor and research has been expended by counsel on both sides in presenting and discussing the effect of the laws of Tennessee and the judgments and orders of the probate court of Shelby County in that State, where the administration upon the estate of D. E. Gibson, S'r., was had and the settlements of the executrix and the executor were made, but we do not consider those questions at all material or controlling in this case.
• Whatever may have been the effect of those proceedings, we think that all inquiry concerning alleged irregularities or…
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