Planters' Bank v. Neely
Mississippi Supreme Court
APPEAL from the probate court of the county of Claiborne; Letters of administration de bonis non were granted to - John G, -Neely and wife, on the estate of William King, in August, 1840, and appraisers appointed to appraise the estate, which was returned at the October term, 1840, amounting to twenty-óne thousand two hundred and six dollars, eighty-seven cents, including about fifty slaves, old and young; at which term of the court it was ordered thát the administrators…
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APPEAL from the probate court of the county of Claiborne; Letters of administration de bonis non were granted to - John G, -Neely and wife, on the estate of William King, in August, 1840, and appraisers appointed to appraise the estate, which was returned at the October term, 1840, amounting to twenty-óne thousand two hundred and six dollars, eighty-seven cents, including about fifty slaves, old and young; at which term of the court it was ordered thát the administrators have leave to sell the personal estate, upon giving the usual public notice of time and place of sale. ' The administrators…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clayton
John G. Neely and wife, as the administrator and administratrix of William King, deceased, procured an order from the probate court of Claiborne county, for the sale of the personal estate of the decedent to pay its debts; and in December, 1840, the sale took place. About fifty-five slaves and other personalty, all of which *95had been appraised at the aggregate sum of twenty-one thousand two hundred and six dollars, were sold for the sum of four thousand four hundred dollars. At the December term, 1840, of the said probate court, the Planters’ Bank filed a petition, alleging that the estate was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dunham v. Winans & DunhamNew York Court of Chancery · 1830