Adkins v. Hutchings
Supreme Court of Georgia
Records. Administrators and Executors. Evidence. Witness. Year’s Support. Amendment. Charge of Court. Equity. Statute of Limitations. Accounts. Before Judge Branham. Polk Superior Court. August Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
The complainants filed their bill in the court below,- alleging that they were the children of Bryant Adkins, who died in 1871, leaving an estate worth $4,000, and that W. M. Hutchings was appointed his administrator in November, 1871, and took possession of all of said estate and made an inventory and appraisement thereof and a return of a great many open accounts, amounting to $2,705. W. M. Hutchings, the administrator, died in August, 1878, and John Hutchings, in October, 1878, qualified as administrator on the estate of said W. M. Hutchings, and took into possession all…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Stanford v. MurphySupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
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