Gaines v. Eason

This case came to us from the court of civil appeals on petition for the writ of certiorari. We are of the opinion that the court of civil appeals reached the correct conclusion on all of the questions and the writ must therefore be denied. There is, however, a point of practice upon which we deem it necessary to write a brief opinion.

The complainant was administrator of defendant’s husband. Desiring to settle his accounts in the probate court of Shelby county, he caused the clerk of that court to issue a written notice to the defendant inform*88ing her that tbAsettlement -would he made on May…