Gaulden v. Ramsey
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Wilkinson county. Hon. R. W. Ctitrer., Chancellor. Suit by R. C. Ramsey against I. F. Gaulden, administrator of Mrs. O. D. Graves, deceased; to have the administrator ordered to sell realty to pay complainant’s probated claim against the estate, with answer by the administrator and the heirs. Decree for complainants, and the administrator appeals.
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Appeal from chancery court of Wilkinson county. Hon. R. W. Ctitrer., Chancellor. Suit by R. C. Ramsey against I. F. Gaulden, administrator of Mrs. O. D. Graves, deceased; to have the administrator ordered to sell realty to pay complainant’s probated claim against the estate, with answer by the administrator and the heirs. Decree for complainants, and the administrator appeals. This was the case of an aged mother living with her daughter., Could there be a closer family relation1? To quote 17 Oye. 412: “Persons in family relation. The courts regard with suspicion and distrust claims brought…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The appellee filed his petition in the court below in the matter of the administration of the estate of Mrs. O. D. Graves, deceased, alleging that the time for probating claims against the estate had expired; that his claim of one thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars was the only claim probated against the estate; that it was necessary for certain lands of the decedent to be sold in order that from the proceeds thereof his claim against the estate might be paid, and prayed that the administrator be ordered to make this sale and apply the proceeds, thereof to the payment of his claim.…
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