Ballard v. McMillan

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

Appellee having been appointed a receiver in the court below at the instance of the creditors of C. F. Schmidt, deceased, to take charge of the assets not exempt by law, the estate being insolvent, and prevent the surviving widow from wasting the same (there-being no children), the court appointed a special master in chancery, with power to hear proofs of claims against the community estate, to make a record thereof, and report to the court. After the master had given notice, as required by the decretal order, for all creditors to prove their claims, J. M. Ballard, on…