Harwood v. Harper
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Probate Court of Sumter. This was an appeal by Samuel B. M. Harwood, from a decree rendered by the probate court on his final settlement, as administrator cum testamento annexo of the estate of Elizabeth D. Harwood, on the 14th day of September, 1874. His settlement was contested by the heirs and legatees. Samuel B., the appellant, had been executor of his father, ' S. M. Harwood, deceased, and said Elizabeth was his mother.
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Appeal from Probate Court of Sumter. This was an appeal by Samuel B. M. Harwood, from a decree rendered by the probate court on his final settlement, as administrator cum testamento annexo of the estate of Elizabeth D. Harwood, on the 14th day of September, 1874. His settlement was contested by the heirs and legatees. Samuel B., the appellant, had been executor of his father, ' S. M. Harwood, deceased, and said Elizabeth was his mother. Among the credits claimed by appellant was the amount due upon a note given by Elizabeth to appellant, as executor, for lands of said Samuel Harwood,…
1Opinion of the CourtBbickell, C. J.
This was a proceeding by the appellant, as administrator, with the will annexed, of Elizabeth L>. Harwood, deceased, for a final settlement of his administration. On the .hearing in the court of probate, several of the legatees contested the legality and justness of a credit claimed by the appellant for the principal and interest of a promissory note, made by the testatrix in her life, payable to the appellant as executor of the will of Samuel M. Harwood ; and also claimed to charge the appellant with the sum of five hundred dollars, entered as a credit on said note, as in fact money loaned…
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