Leavens v. Butler
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the County court of Mobile. Proceedings against an executor. . On the thirtieth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, Joshua B. Leavens, then of the city of Mobile, made and published his last will and testament, by which, after making an appropriate provision for his funeral, he proceeded as follows: “It is also my will, that my executors hereinafter named, should effectually, and to all intents and purposes, protect, indemnify, and save harmless all the…
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Error to the County court of Mobile. Proceedings against an executor. . On the thirtieth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, Joshua B. Leavens, then of the city of Mobile, made and published his last will and testament, by which, after making an appropriate provision for his funeral, he proceeded as follows: “It is also my will, that my executors hereinafter named, should effectually, and to all intents and purposes, protect, indemnify, and save harmless all the other partners of the firm of St. John & Leavens, against any actual, or contingent liability, loss or injury, imposed…
1Opinion of the Court
To recapitulate, we are of opinion—
First — That the County court cannot decree distribution of'an estate against the executor where by so doing the testator’s intentions would be defeated.
Second — That in the present case, the decree of the County court, if sustained, would most probably defeat the testator’s intent
*403Third — That a legatee cannot, in all cases, immediately after the expiration of eighteen months from the grant of letters testamentary, coerce a payment of his legacy.
Fourth — That the decree of the County court is erroneous, in assuming jurisdiction over- the lands of the tes…
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