Dugger v. Bocock
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. The facts, are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
delivered the' opinion of the court.
This is a suit in equity begun by the appellants, two of the children and heirs of Henry Dugger, deceased. The case, which was decided on demurrer to the bill, may be stated generally as follows: —
Henry Dugger, a citizen of Alabama, died in 1852, leaving Alice G. Dugger, his widow, and'eight children, of whom the present appellants were the youngest. The widow was appointed by the Probate Court of Marengo County administratrix of the estate, which consisted of lands and personal property. The estate being free from debt, she, on the 3d of September, 1860,…
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