Emerson v. Heard
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Pike. Heard before the Hon.' W. J. Hillard. The appellee, A. S. Heard, filed a petition to have the decree on final settlement of his administration of the estate of John Emerson, deceased, amended nunc pro tunc. A decree was rendered in the court below granting the petition. The appellant, Alice Emerson, was a daughter of said John Emerson, and a distributee of said estate. The opinion states the material facts.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
— On July 8, 1867, A. S. Heard, the administrator, came to a final settlement of the estate of John *444Emerson, deceased, and there was decreed to Alice Emerson, infant grand-daughter of intestate, and one of the distributees, the sum of sixty-four 13-100 dollars. No objection is raised to the form of proceedings on final settlement. On August 26, 1886 — nineteen years afterwards — motion was made in the Probate Court, based on petition filed by the administrator, to have said decree amended nunc pro ñmc, so as to make it express that it was payable in Confederate money. Notice was given, a…
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