Lehman v. Powe
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Forrest county. LIon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. Mrs Lehman and others, composing the partnership of A1 ’ Lehman & Company, appellants, creditors of the estate, contested the claims of Powe and E. B. George, appellees, probated against the insolvent estate of T. J. George deceased. The proceeding was based on Code 1906, § 2108, authorizing any one interested, including any creditor, to contest any claim probated against the estate of a decedent.
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From the chancery court of Forrest county. LIon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. Mrs Lehman and others, composing the partnership of A1 ’ Lehman & Company, appellants, creditors of the estate, contested the claims of Powe and E. B. George, appellees, probated against the insolvent estate of T. J. George deceased. The proceeding was based on Code 1906, § 2108, authorizing any one interested, including any creditor, to contest any claim probated against the estate of a decedent. From a decree in favor of the appellees the contestants appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
In dne course of the administration of the estate of T. J. George, deceased, in the chancery court of Forrest county, the same was declared insolvent. The administrator was ordered to cause a notice to be published directing the creditors who had probated their claims to file same with the clerk of that court on or before Monday, the 13th day of January, 1908, and notifying them that said claims would be examined and objections thereto heard by N. T. Ourry, master in chancery, at the courthouse in the city of Hattiesburg, on Monday, the 20th day of January, A. D. 1908. On the day appointed…
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