Legal Opinion

McCord v. Stephens

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 18, 1975No. SC 1213PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAULKNER, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, denying Jessie Louise McCord’s petition for removing Dennis E. Stephens as administrator of the estate of Walter Woodrow McCord. We affirm.

No transcript of the evidence having been filed, we consider only the transcript of the record proper, showing the petition, its amendment, and the court’s order.

Walter Woodrow McCord died on October 14, 1973, and Dennis Stephens was appointed administrator of the estate on October 29.

The thrust of the petition is that, when letters of administration were issued to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smith v. PottsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  2. Starlin v. LoveSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  3. Gilmore v. RobersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
  4. Stanley v. StanleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1919

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. WoodruffCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  2. REALTY GROWTH INV. v. Commercial & Indus. BankCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  3. Roderick Byrd v. State of Alabama.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2009
  4. J.L.N. v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
  5. J.L.N. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2002

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