Key v. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chancery Court of Lawrence. Heard before Hon. R. S. Watkins. This was a bill in equity filed by A. H. Jones as administrator de bonis non of the estate of Nathan Boddie deceased, against Boddie’s heirs at law and the children of a deceased heir, James S. Boddie (upon whose estate Jones also administered), praying a settlement of the administration in chief and of the administration de bonis non, and an account of advancement made by the intestate in his lifetime…
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Appeal from Chancery Court of Lawrence. Heard before Hon. R. S. Watkins. This was a bill in equity filed by A. H. Jones as administrator de bonis non of the estate of Nathan Boddie deceased, against Boddie’s heirs at law and the children of a deceased heir, James S. Boddie (upon whose estate Jones also administered), praying a settlement of the administration in chief and of the administration de bonis non, and an account of advancement made by the intestate in his lifetime to his heirs and distributees, and of payments made to them by the several administrators and for a final distribution.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The first exception we propose to notice is one taken by all the appellants, viz.: that James S. Boddie, a son of the intestate, was permitted, on accounting for the advancements made him by his father in his life, to share in the distribution of the personal assets. The exceptants insist he had prior to the distribution elected to retain the advancements made him, and abandon all claim to any other or further share in the personal assets. The election is supposed to have been manifested by his verbal declarations, after the death of the intestate, that he had received a full share, and would…
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