Bynum v. Brewer

On the petition of Joseph H. Brewer, describing himself as “a distributee of the estate of Mary H. Sherrod, deceased,” the judge of the circuit court of Lawrence county, sitting as chancellor, made an order that:

“The said estate of Mary H. Sherrod, deceased, be and the same hereby is removed from the probate court of Lawrence county, Ala., to the circuit court of Lawrence county.”

Evidently, the chancellor conceived that he was acting under and in agreement with the authority of section 6478 of the Code (1923). The petition in response to which this order was made, as the recitals -of the…