State v. Watts

At the January term, 1852, of the Probate Court of Dallas county, Hillory M. Bouldin, sheriff of the county, was ordered by the court to take possession of the goods and effects of Sanford Higginbotham, dec’d, and as public administrator to administer the estate with the will annexed. In accordance therewith Bouldin proceeded with the administration of the estate, which amounted, according to the averment of the declaration, to nearly sixteen thousand dollars, until at the January term, 1855, his authority to act was annulled by the Probate Court. At the same time Bouldin was found to be in…