Watson v. Glover
Supreme Court of Alabama
Application for Revocation of Letters of Administration. Appeal from the Probate Court of Barbour. Heard before the Hon. A. H. Alston.
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Application for Revocation of Letters of Administration. Appeal from the Probate Court of Barbour. Heard before the Hon. A. H. Alston. In the matter of the estate of Charles D. Bush, deceased, who died in said county, in the year 1853 ; on the application of Mrs. Salina B. Glover and others, heirs at law of said decedent, distributees of his estate, and legatees under his will, for the revocation of letters of administration de bonis non, as in case of intestacy, granted to John A. Watson on the 19th November, 1884. The record sets out the petition of said Watson asking the grant of letters…
1Opinion of the CourtSomepyille, J.
The letters of administration issued to Watson were granted upon the representation, made by him, that the decedent died without leaving a will. This being untrue, the grant was voidable, and it was both the right and duty of the Probate Court to revoke such letters, as having been irregularly and improvidently granted. — Broughton v. Bradley, 34 Ala. 694; Jennings v. Moses, 38 Ala. 402.
The provisions of the Code, specifying certain causes for which an administrator may be removed, have no application to cases of this character, as several times heretofore adjudged by this court. — Curtis v.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Broughton v. BradleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
- Curtis v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
- Dunham v. RobertsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Jennings v. MosesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1862
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