Hunter v. Crook
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. Percy Pell, Chancellor. Mrs. Hunter, appellant, excepted to the accounts of Crook, appellee, executor of the last will of Jesse A. Crook, deceased, claiming that she was entitled under the will of decedent to certain horses, for which the executor had not accounted to her. The exception was disallowed and the good woman appealed to the supreme court.
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Erom the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. Percy Pell, Chancellor. Mrs. Hunter, appellant, excepted to the accounts of Crook, appellee, executor of the last will of Jesse A. Crook, deceased, claiming that she was entitled under the will of decedent to certain horses, for which the executor had not accounted to her. The exception was disallowed and the good woman appealed to the supreme court. The facts of the case are sufficiently apparent from the opinion of the court. The title to the horses was retained in the testator until they should be paid for, and they ought to have gone to…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
Elizabeth Hunter excepted to the first annual and final account of William H. Crook, executor of the will of Jésse A. Crook, deceased, as to one matter. The will of Jesse A. Crook in its second clause reads as follows:
“I give, devise, and bequeath to Elizabeth Hunter, now residing on my Honey Oak plantation, hereinafter described, all -of the mules, horses, cattle, hogs, and all other live stock now -owned by me.”
When he died, the testator owned absolutely and worked about six mules and four horses. In addition to these, he had sold twenty or more of the horses to tenants, either absolutely…
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