Chambers v. Wright
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chancery Court of Russell, Heard before Hon. B. B. McCraw. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJudge, J.
James Wright, who was a citizen of the county of Russell, in this State, died intestate in the year 1864, leaving a large estate in said county both real and personal, and over one hundred thousand dollars in money in the hands of J. & D. Malcomsen & Co., of Liverpool, England. William H. Chambers (the appellant) and John Gill Shorter were appointed administrators of his estate, by the probate court of Russell county, and duly qualified as such; but the said John Gill Shorter afterwards departed this life, leaving the said Chambers the sole surviving administrator. During the administration…
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