Legal Opinion

McCorkle v. Williams

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided January 9, 1895PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Before Watts, J., York, April, 1894, Action by W. H. McCorkle, as probate judge, Eliza P. Edwards, and Joseph Pratt against Grandison Williams, W. Holmes Hardin, and the executors of Jesse Williams, deceased, commenced May 30, 1892.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Gary.

Grandison Williams, appellant, was appointed administrator de bonis non of the estate of Henry Pratt, deceased, in the Court of Ordinary for York County on the 21st January, 1868. He then executed to the ordinary his bond as such administrator in the penal sum of $38,000, in the required form, with W. Holmes Hardin and Jesse Williams as sureties thereto. In 1891 the respondents, Eliza Edwards and Joseph Pratt, children of Henry Pratt, deceased, brought action against the said Grandison Williams, as such administrator, in the Court of…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Black v. SimpsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
  2. Lamar v. CroftSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
  3. Aetna Insurance v. Charleston & Western Car. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
  4. Carlisle v. FarrowSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
  5. Singleton v. SingletonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1958

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