Steele v. Knox
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Orphans’ Court of Sumter. The plaintiff in error was appointed administrator, on the 27th of April, 1840, and at the same time, an order was made authorizing a public sale of the personal property of the estate, and an order'for the sale of the crop of the deceased, privately.
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Error to the Orphans’ Court of Sumter. The plaintiff in error was appointed administrator, on the 27th of April, 1840, and at the same time, an order was made authorizing a public sale of the personal property of the estate, and an order'for the sale of the crop of the deceased, privately. On the 24th of May, 1844, the administrator was cited to settle his accounts, which was continued until the March term, 1845, when the record recites, that the administrator appeared and filed his account and vouchers for a final settlement, whereupon the court set a day for the settlement, and directed…
1Opinion of the CourtOrmond, J.
Previous to the passage of the act of 1843, (Clay’s Dig. 229,) when an administrator was cited to make a settlement of his accounts, he produced his vouchers to the judge of the orphans’ court, by whom an account of the administration was stated and recorded, and forty days notice given of the day of the final settlement, that all persons interested might examine it, and come prepared if necessary to contest it. [Horn v. Grayson, 7 Porter, 273.] The act cited above has altered the law, so far as to require the administrator, or executor, when it is necessary for him to make annual or final…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Legatees of Horn v. GraysonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1838
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