Blake v. Harlan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Cleburne Probate Court. Tried before Hon. Thomas J. BuetoN. This was a motion in this court by the appellant to establish a bill of exceptions. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This was a contested will case, tried before a jury in the probate court. The trial was commenced on Thursday, the 6th day of January, 1881, and continued until the next Thursday, the 18th. This necessarily included a regular term of the probate court, which is required to be held on the second Monday in each month. The second Monday was 10th January, 1881. The next regular term of the probate court was the second Monday in February, which, in that year, feil on the 14th day of the month. — Code of 1876, § 701.
We will not deny the right of the probate judge to keep the court open from day to…
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