Cherry v. Jarratt
Mississippi Supreme Court
ín error from the probatl court of Marshall county; Hon. B. S.. Lawrence, judge of the probate court. Robert Cherry, deceased, appointed his widow, Matilda S. Cherry, as executrix, and Fortunatas Jarratt as executor, of his last will and testament, and they were both qualified as such some time in 1851, in the probate court of Marshall county.
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ín error from the probatl court of Marshall county; Hon. B. S.. Lawrence, judge of the probate court. Robert Cherry, deceased, appointed his widow, Matilda S. Cherry, as executrix, and Fortunatas Jarratt as executor, of his last will and testament, and they were both qualified as such some time in 1851, in the probate court of Marshall county. The personal property of the estate, consisting almost entirely of slaves, was appraised at $15,015.70. In April, 1852, Jarratt filed his petition in the probate court, praying that he might be allowed to surrender his letters testamentary, and for the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice FisheR
The appellee, as one of the executors of the last will and testament of Robert Cherry, deceased, filed his petition at the April term, 1852, of said court, praying that he might be permitted to surrender his letters testamentary, and for a settlement of his account, so far as the administration had extended. At the following August term of the court, the prayer of the petition was granted, and the court allowed the appellee two per cent, commissions upon the appraised value of the estate, besides the same rate of commissions upon the estate received and administered by the executor, after the…
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