Watson v. May
Supreme Court of Alabama
Writ of Error to the County Court of Sumter. The writ of error in this case is sued out by Watson and his wife, who is the Emily Easley hereafter named, and a motion is submitted to amend the writ of error in the parties plaintiff, so as to conform to the transcript sent to this Court. The motion is resisted, and a cross one made to dismiss.
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Writ of Error to the County Court of Sumter. The writ of error in this case is sued out by Watson and his wife, who is the Emily Easley hereafter named, and a motion is submitted to amend the writ of error in the parties plaintiff, so as to conform to the transcript sent to this Court. The motion is resisted, and a cross one made to dismiss. The record discloses these facts: At a special term of the County Court of Sumter, held on the 3d June, 1839, probate of the will of Wareham Easly was granted, and letters testamentary issued to David Blackshear and Thomas Ballzell, who are named by it as…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
1. in testamentary matters, the Orphans’, or, more properly to speak, the County Court, is invested with jurisdiction of a peculiar nature, entirely different in many essential particulars from that of a court of common law ; and in the exercise of this jurisdiction from its inception, upon the application of any one for the grant of administration, to its close, by rendering-judgment upon the final settlement of the accounts of the executor or administrator, questions may arise which require the intervention of parties who would not be parties under other circumstances. Thus when a will is…
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