Isom v. Heirs of McGehee
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Lafayette county. Steaens, Chancellor. The facts of this case will be found fully presented in the arguments of counsel, and the opinion of the court. 1. All canses and proceedings remaining undisposed of in the probate courts are required to be determined in the chancery courts. Act of 1870, p. 54. But the administration of appellant was completed and concluded by Ms final settlement.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Lafayette county. Steaens, Chancellor. The facts of this case will be found fully presented in the arguments of counsel, and the opinion of the court. 1. All canses and proceedings remaining undisposed of in the probate courts are required to be determined in the chancery courts. Act of 1870, p. 54. But the administration of appellant was completed and concluded by Ms final settlement. There was nothing left undisposed of by the probate court. The jurisdiction of the probate court continued until the final settlement, and then it completely ceased. Davis et…
1Opinion of the Court
Taebell, J. :
S. H. MeGehee and others, heirs of Meredith MeGehee, deceased, in the chancery court of Lafayette county, sought by scire facias to revive a decree of the probate court of that county for the payment of money and for execution against Thomas D. Isom, administrator of the estate of said Meredith MeGehee, deceased. The decree sought to be revived was rendered in 1867, and recites that *716personal service of citations having been made upon the resident parties interested, and publication had as to the non-residents, thereupon came on to be heard the final account and settlement of said…
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