State ex rel. Roberts v. Reeder

This case is originally brought in this court upon an application for a writ of mandamus. The application substantially states that one Henry Hooper died June 15,1872, seized of the northeast quarter of section thirty-five, in township six north, range thirteen east, in Nemaha county, and that he was also possessed of certain personal property; that on the 11th of July, 1872, the defendant was, by the probate court of said county, duly appointed administrator of the estate of said deceased and entered upon the discharge of such trust; that after-wards he made settlement in the probate court…