Meadows v. Meadows
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Lee. Heard before the Hon. Thomas L. Erazer. The appellee, "W. K. Meadows, as administrator de bonis, non of the estate of Isham Meadows, deceased, having reported a sale of lands for payment of debts, the confirmation of the sale was objected to on, substantially, the following grounds: 1. That the land was sold for a sum greatly less than its real value. 2. That the administrator was the real purchaser and procured a nominal purchaser to…
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Lee. Heard before the Hon. Thomas L. Erazer. The appellee, "W. K. Meadows, as administrator de bonis, non of the estate of Isham Meadows, deceased, having reported a sale of lands for payment of debts, the confirmation of the sale was objected to on, substantially, the following grounds: 1. That the land was sold for a sum greatly less than its real value. 2. That the administrator was the real purchaser and procured a nominal purchaser to buy for him. 3. That the land was advertised for sale, without mentioning the fact, that there was a valuable mill on a…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
— The lands in controversy were sold upon application made by the appellee, as ad minis*453trator of a decedent’s estate, for the payment of debts. Code, 1876, § 2450, et seq. The present controversy arises on objections filed to the confirmation of the sale as reported by the administrator to the Probate Court.
The statute provides that the executor or administrator, after making such sale, must within thirty days report his proceedings on oath to the Probate Court, who must examine the same, and may also examine witnesses in relation thereto. — Code, 1876, § 2463, as amended by Act February 13,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cruikshank v. LuttrellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
- Rice v. DrennenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
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- Pollard v. JacksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Parker v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
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