Jackson v. Jackson
Mississippi Supreme Court
IN error from the probate court of Kemper county; Hon. James F. Bohannon, judge of the probate court of Kemper county. The opinion of the court contains, in substance, the facts of the case. The petition for the appeal shows' the facts of the ease, as developed by the record. These facts present two questions: First.
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IN error from the probate court of Kemper county; Hon. James F. Bohannon, judge of the probate court of Kemper county. The opinion of the court contains, in substance, the facts of the case. The petition for the appeal shows' the facts of the ease, as developed by the record. These facts present two questions: First. Whether advancements, when brought into hotchpot, are to be estimated at their value at the time they were made, or at the time of the division; and, secondly, whether the widow is entitled to a share of the advancements when brought into hotchpot. 1. The authorities are all…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice T-TaNdy
This was a petition filed in the probate court of Kemper county by the administrators of Matthew Jackson, deceased, for a division of the personal estate of the intestate among the heirs and distributees, and requiring some of them who had received certain slaves from the intestate, by way of advancement, to bring that property into hotchpot.
*680This writ of error is prosecuted by one of the distributees, who complains of error in the decree and in the division of the property made by the commissioners.
The first error assigned is, that the decree for the division directed that the slaves advanced…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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