Watt's Adm'r v. Watt's Distributees
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of. Sumter. IN tlic matter of tlfe. estate of George L. Watt, deceased, on final settlement.- of the -accounts and vouchers of Joel Watt, the administrator. . The citation was issued on the 12tli March, 1860. The administrator appeared at the ensuing April term, and moved the court to dismiss the proceeding against him, an the. ground that the estate had been declared insolvent in September, 1S55, and that he had made a final settlement of his…
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Appeal from the Probate Court of. Sumter. IN tlic matter of tlfe. estate of George L. Watt, deceased, on final settlement.- of the -accounts and vouchers of Joel Watt, the administrator. . The citation was issued on the 12tli March, 1860. The administrator appeared at the ensuing April term, and moved the court to dismiss the proceeding against him, an the. ground that the estate had been declared insolvent in September, 1S55, and that he had made a final settlement of his administration on the 17th January, 1857; and, in support of his motion, offered in evidence the decrees rendered by'said…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
In January, 1857, -a final settlement was had of the administration of.-appellant on the estate of George L. Watt, deceased.. Thus the -matter -rested for three years, when these proceedings were set on foot to bring tbe administrator to another settlement; and in such *547•new proceedings,-..the attempt was made to bold the appellant accountable foV'other assets of the estate, which, .it is alleged,, were in ¡his hands at the time of the-first settlement, and were not accounted-foK To these proceedings the administrator interposed as a bar the decree on the former final settlement. This defense…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Bobe's Heirs v. StickneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
- Moore v. LesueurSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
- Matthews v. DouthittSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Allman v. OwenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Barnett's v. TarrenceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1853
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- Harrison's Administrator v. Harrison's DistributeesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1864
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- Williams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
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