Sprott v. Baldwin
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Probates of Claiborne county. Hon. L. 0. Bridewell, judge. In addition to the facts stated in the opinion of tbe court, it is necessary only to set out the following clauses of the decedent’s will:— “ Item 2d. I wish my estate, real and personal to be equally divided amongst my wife and my children in fee simple; but I wish all of my estate to be kept together, as it now is, and my plantation carried on by my executrix.
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Appeal from the Court of Probates of Claiborne county. Hon. L. 0. Bridewell, judge. In addition to the facts stated in the opinion of tbe court, it is necessary only to set out the following clauses of the decedent’s will:— “ Item 2d. I wish my estate, real and personal to be equally divided amongst my wife and my children in fee simple; but I wish all of my estate to be kept together, as it now is, and my plantation carried on by my executrix. Crops to be raised and sold,for cash, or shipped for sale, and the proceeds invested either in the purchase of slaves or loaned at interest, until my…
1Opinion of the CourtFisher, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court of Claiborne county.
The appellee, being administrator, with the will annexed, of Charles W. Wilson, deceased, was ordered, by the court, to execute a new bond, in a sum equal to the value of the assets of the estate, and, failing to comply with this order, his letters of administration were revoked; the court, however, retaining jurisdiction over the *329administrator, for the purpose of compelling him to make a settlement of his accounts.
It appeared, upon this settlement, that a portion of the estate had been fully administered; and, upon this…
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