Mead v. Christian
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Jackson. Heard before the Hon. William: Skinner. The appellees in this case, claiming to be the heirs-at-brar and distributees of Allen Christian, deceased, filed a bill in the chancery court of Jackson county, on the 24th day of February, 1869, against Samuel G. Mead, the administrator of said decedent’s estate, to compel a settlement of his administration, distribution of the unadministered assets of the estate, and for general relief.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Jackson. Heard before the Hon. William: Skinner. The appellees in this case, claiming to be the heirs-at-brar and distributees of Allen Christian, deceased, filed a bill in the chancery court of Jackson county, on the 24th day of February, 1869, against Samuel G. Mead, the administrator of said decedent’s estate, to compel a settlement of his administration, distribution of the unadministered assets of the estate, and for general relief. On the 31st day of May, 1869, the defendant filed his answer to said bill. At the June term of said court, 1870, a decree…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The appeal in this case is from a judgment and decree of the chancery court, dismissing a supersedeas, and rendering judgment against the principal and sureties on the supersedeas bond, for the amount of the decree which was superseded. The original suit, in which the superseded decree was rendered, was commenced on the 24th day of February, 1869, by bill in chancery, filed by Henry A. Christian and others, as heirs-at-law and distributees of the estate of Allen Christian, deceased, against Lemuel G. Mead, as the administrator of said Allen Christian’s estate. Its object was to compel a final…
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