Walters v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Tms was a cause commenced in the county court of Fulton county, at the March term, A. D. 1855, on petition of Nathan Beadles, setting forth that the administratrix had filed an inventory or account current in the estate of William C. Walters, deceased, setting forth also that the personal estate was exhausted, and that there still remained large amounts against the said estate unliquidated.
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Tms was a cause commenced in the county court of Fulton county, at the March term, A. D. 1855, on petition of Nathan Beadles, setting forth that the administratrix had filed an inventory or account current in the estate of William C. Walters, deceased, setting forth also that the personal estate was exhausted, and that there still remained large amounts against the said estate unliquidated. That he was one of the creditors, and that there was real estate belonging to the estate not yet disposed .of, and praying citation against Marville C. Walters, the administratrix, and an order compelling…
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