Pickett v. Hobdy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the Hon. J. McOaleb Wiley. This case was decided at the June term, 1874, but has never been reported. None of the papers have come to the hands of the present reporter, except an official copy of the opinion, which is here published by the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
RRICKELL, 3.
The action was commenced on the 28th March, 1872, and was founded on a promissory note made by the defendant’s intestate in his life-time, falling due J anuary 1st, 1861. The plea was the statute of limitations of six years. On the trial, the evidence was, that the plaintiff’s intestate died in March, 1863; that administration on his estate was committed to the plaintiff, by the Court of Probate of Pike county, in May, 1863 ; and that on 8th May, 1871, the plaintiff not having resigned, nor been removed from the administration granted him in 1863, he obtained new letters of…
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