Cawlfield v. Brown

The record shows that the appeal in this case is taken from a decree made on the final settlement of the accounts of the appellee, Brown, as the executor of the will of Mrs. Eliza Cox. Under the authority of the will and letters testamentary, regularly granted to him, Brown administered the estate of his testatrix until he resigned his trust as executor. On his final settlement he made distribution of the estate in his hands to those persons entitled to the same, and was discharged. The decree of the court of probate shows the final settlement, the distribution, and the discharge of the…