Crowder v. Shackelford
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Probates of Carroll county. Hon. W. W. Whitehead, judge. In September, 1853, James R. Shackelford and wife and others, filed their petition in the court below, against Green Crowder, the administrator, and Mrs. Mary J. Stokes, the widow, and others, the remaining heirs and distributees of James B. Crowder, deceased, who died intestate and childless in 1841. The petition states that J. B. Crowder left a considerable real and personal estate, and debts…
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Appeal from the Court of Probates of Carroll county. Hon. W. W. Whitehead, judge. In September, 1853, James R. Shackelford and wife and others, filed their petition in the court below, against Green Crowder, the administrator, and Mrs. Mary J. Stokes, the widow, and others, the remaining heirs and distributees of James B. Crowder, deceased, who died intestate and childless in 1841. The petition states that J. B. Crowder left a considerable real and personal estate, and debts due him; that Green Crowder had been administrator since 1842, and that no distribution had been made. The petitioners…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This case comes up by appeal from the Court of Probates of Carroll county. The record is very voluminous and confused, and appears to be conceded not to contain all the proceedings which were had in the cause; but the facts necessary to be taken into view, in determining the points in controversy between the parties, appear to be as follows:—
*351In September, 1853, tlie appellees, as distributees of James 33. Crowder, deceased, filed a petition in that court against Green Crowder, the administrator, and Mary J. Stokes, the widow, and certain other distributees, of the deceased, stating that Green…
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