Hardin v. Hassell

The bill makes the following case:

Zebulon Hassell, Sr., died in Hickman county, this State, about 1865, leaving a will executed September 19, 1864, which was duly probated, and which contained the following provisions, viz.:

“First. I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon after my death as possible, out of any moneys I may die possessed-of, or that may first come to the hands of my executors.

*146“Second. I direct that a sufficient amount of my personal property he sold on a credit of twelve months in order to pay my debts, provided I should, not have money or debts…