Snodgrass v. Snodgrass
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jackson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Simpson. Bill by John D. Snodgrass, as guardian of J. T. Snodgrass, an incompetent, against Eliza A. Snodgrass, administratrix of Nathaniel H. Snodgrass, deceased. From a. decree overruling a demurrer to- the bill, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Jackson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Simpson. Bill by John D. Snodgrass, as guardian of J. T. Snodgrass, an incompetent, against Eliza A. Snodgrass, administratrix of Nathaniel H. Snodgrass, deceased. From a. decree overruling a demurrer to- the bill, defendant appeals. The case made by the bill is that in 1880 John Snodgrass died intestate in Jackson county, and that Hamlin Caldwell and William E. Snodgrass were appointed administrators of his estate, and that after setting apart the property exempt to the widow and paying the debts of the estate they reported the…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
The bill seeks to bring the respondent to an accounting and settlement for her intestate, who had been the agent or trustee for the complainant’s ward for about 25 years, and up to within a short period prior to the death of the said trustee in the year 1910.
It is charged that said ward was a non compos mentis, who owned a large estate consisting of real and per*286sonal property and which was owned jointly with the trustee, Nathaniel H. Snodgrass, and other children and heirs of John Snodgrass, deceased. Nathaniel, by and with the consent of the said imbecile, John Thomas Snodgrass, in the year…
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