Bendall's Distributees v. Bendall's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Court of Probate of Madison. On the final settlement of the estate of Jesse Bendall, deceased, by William H. Moore, his administrator, the legatees and distributees excepted to several rulings of the court, which they now assign for error. All these exceptions will be readily understood from the opinion.
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Error to the Court of Probate of Madison. On the final settlement of the estate of Jesse Bendall, deceased, by William H. Moore, his administrator, the legatees and distributees excepted to several rulings of the court, which they now assign for error. All these exceptions will be readily understood from the opinion. In relation, however, to the third exception, as to commissions paid B. T. Moore, an attorney at law, for collections, it should be stated, that the bill of exceptions expressly declares that the evidence therein set out “ was all the evidence offered on this issue.” The…
1Opinion of the CourtLigon, J.
On the settlement of the estate of Jesse Bendall, deceased, as appears by a bill of exceptions in this record, the legatees took several exceptions to the ruling of the court in relation to items of the account current of the administrator with the will annexed, as it was stated and allowed by the court. These exceptions we will consider as they are presented by the record.
1. From this it appears, that the administrator presented three receipts as vouchers of expenditure by him for and on account of the estate of his testator, which were objected to by the legatees. As the principle upon…
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