Byrd v. Byrd
Mississippi Supreme Court
ON appeal from the probate court of Franklin county; Hon. James M. Jones, judge of the probate court of Franklin. The facts of the case will be found fully stated in the brief of appellant’s counsel.
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ON appeal from the probate court of Franklin county; Hon. James M. Jones, judge of the probate court of Franklin. The facts of the case will be found fully stated in the brief of appellant’s counsel. The petition in this case shows, that at the October term of the probate court of Franklin county, in the year 1837, and on the 17th day of that month, the defendant, Sutton Byrd, as administrator of Asha Byrd, deceased, was ordered to distribute to Wiley Wells, administrator de bonis non of Lee Byrd, deceased (the said Lee being one of the heirs and distributees of the said Asha) the sum of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice FiSHER
This case comes before the court by appeal from a decree of the probate court of Franklin county, sustaining a demurrer to the appellant’s petition.
It appears by the petition, that at the October term, 1837, of said court, a decree was made requiring the appellee as the administrator of the estate of Asha Byrd, deceased, to pay to Wiley Wells, administrator of the estate of Lee Byrd, deceased, on account of his distributive share of the estate of *151Asha Byrd, the sum of §818.65; that Wells died about the 1st of April, 1844, without collecting the money; that administration de bonis non was…
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