Baldwin v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Autauga Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Whiteside. Bill by A. M. Baldwin and others, as sureties on the bond of W. D. Whetstone, administrator of the estate of Mills Rodgers, against J. L Alexander and others as vendees of the heirs of Mills Rodgers seeking to hold the land distributed to the heirs liable for a debt paid for the administrator. From a decree for respondents complainants appeal.
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Appeal from Autauga Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Whiteside. Bill by A. M. Baldwin and others, as sureties on the bond of W. D. Whetstone, administrator of the estate of Mills Rodgers, against J. L Alexander and others as vendees of the heirs of Mills Rodgers seeking to hold the land distributed to the heirs liable for a debt paid for the administrator. From a decree for respondents complainants appeal. The court says that there is not a single fact in evidence in the case showing that the distribution of the assets by the administrator was made without notice of the claim to which…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, C. J.
— The bill in this case was brought by the appellants who were sureties upon the bond of W. D. Whetstone, as administrator of the estate of Mills Rogers, deceased, for the purpose of subjecting certain described lands now held and claimed to be owned by the appellees by virtue of titles derived from the heirs at law of the said Mills Rogers, deceased. The right of the complainants to maintain the bill is founded in part upon the alleged fact that their principal was adjudged liable, as administrator, in the sum of more than $6,000, at the suit of a creditor of the estate, after the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Moore v. LesueurSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
- Baldwin v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Harkins v. HughesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877