Carpenter v. Carpenter
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chancery Court, Washington County; Thomas H. Smith, Chancellor. Bill by J. C. Carpenter, administrator of the estate of W. J. Carpenter, against Lucy Carpenter and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, j.
It appears from the face of the original bill, filed by J. C. Carpenter, as administrator of the estate of W. J. Carpenter, deceased, that the complainant moved the probate court of Washington county to entertain jurisdiction of the final settlement of the estate, and that the probate court exercised the jurisdiction thereby invoked, and had a hearing upon the correctness of the account filed for final settlement by the administrator: his account being there appropriately contested by adult and infant heirs and distributees of the estate. The original bill seeks the removal of…
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