Brandon v. Hoggatt
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Probate Court of Adams county. Hon. Reuben Bullock, judge. Nathaniel Hoggatt died in October, 1853, after having first made and published his last will and testament, which was regularly admitted to probate in December of that year.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Adams county. Hon. Reuben Bullock, judge. Nathaniel Hoggatt died in October, 1853, after having first made and published his last will and testament, which was regularly admitted to probate in December of that year. The testator, after making several specific legacies, devised the whole of the residue of his estate to be divided equally among his three children, Agnes Williams, wife of R. S. Williams, Charlotte Brandon, wife of Gerard C. Brandon, and Anthony Hoggatt. Of the four executors, appointed by the will, two only, viz: R. S. Williams and Gerard 0.…
1Opinion of the CourtHahdy, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court of Adams county, against the administrator of Richard S. Williams, deceased, *339who was one of tbe executors of tbe last will and testament of Nathaniel Hoggatt, deceased.
It appears that tbe testator died in October 1853, and in December 1853, Williams and Brandon, two of tbe executors, took out letters and filed an inventory showing a large amount of assets. At tbe March term 1854, of the Probate Court, Williams filed a petition showing that he bad in his hands a large amount of money over and above what was required to pay the debts, and…
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