Johnson v. Holifield
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Lee. Heard before the Hou. Thos. L. Frazer. In the matter of the final settlement of the accounts and vouchers of Joseph A. Holifield, as executor of the last will and testament of Mrs. Mary F. McLemore, deceased, to which he was cited by Mrs. Lucy A. Johnson, the residuary legatee under the will.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Lee. Heard before the Hou. Thos. L. Frazer. In the matter of the final settlement of the accounts and vouchers of Joseph A. Holifield, as executor of the last will and testament of Mrs. Mary F. McLemore, deceased, to which he was cited by Mrs. Lucy A. Johnson, the residuary legatee under the will. The will of Mrs. McLemore was admitted to probate, iu said county of Lee, and letters testamentary granted to said Holifield as executor, on the 14th August, Í882. The citation for a settlement was issued on the 18th March, 1885 ; and the executor’s account was filed…
1Opinion of the Court
CLOPTON, J.- —
-Mrs. Mary McLemore, by the eleventh clause of her will, bequeathed to the .Commissioners of Eoads and Eevenues of Chambers county, or to such authority as may direct and control the finances of the county, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be held in perpetuity in trust, the interest to be expended annually in the repair, preservation, and neat keeping of the graves and monuments of testatrix, and four other named persons. The will provided that the money should be raised from the sale of real estate in the city of Birmingham belonging to the testatrix. By a previous clause,…
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