Miller v. Womack's Administrator
Mississippi Chancery Courts
In November, 1835, James C. Dickson died, leaving a large estate in stock, farming utensils, and also fifty-six slaves. His only children were Michael J. Dickson, David Dickson, and Martha Ann Dickson, all of whom were minors. On the 23d of February, 1836, Jacob B. Womack obtained letters of administration and guardianship on said estate, and proceeded to administer the same. Shortly after Martha Ann Dickson intermarried with Joseph W. Miller.
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In November, 1835, James C. Dickson died, leaving a large estate in stock, farming utensils, and also fifty-six slaves. His only children were Michael J. Dickson, David Dickson, and Martha Ann Dickson, all of whom were minors. On the 23d of February, 1836, Jacob B. Womack obtained letters of administration and guardianship on said estate, and proceeded to administer the same. Shortly after Martha Ann Dickson intermarried with Joseph W. Miller. In the summer of 1836, Jacob B. Womack died intestate, and Martha L. Womack, (his widow,) Abraham* Womack, senior, and Abraham Womack, junior,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The complainants file their bill as distributees of J. C. Dickson’s estate, against the defendants as administrators and administrator de bonis non of Jacob B. Womack, who was administrator of said J. C. Dickson. The bill charges that J. B. Womack bid off, at his OAvn sale as administrator of Dickson, or otherwise appropriated to his own use, a number of slaves belonging to said estate, including eight which it is alleged he purchased at his own sale as administrator of said Jacob B. Womack; that Womack’s *489administrator reported his estate in debt, by note to Dickson’s estate,…
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