Bruce's v. Strickland's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Probate Court of Lowndes. Tried before Hon. J. Y. McDupebs, In the matter of the estate of Ann P. Strickland, deceased, on the petition of L. J. Bryan, as the administrator de bonis non, to set aside a decree of final settlement of the accounts of Jacob Bruce, the former administrator, since deceased, whose executrix, Mrs. Susan Bruce, was made a defendant to the petition.
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Appeal from Probate Court of Lowndes. Tried before Hon. J. Y. McDupebs, In the matter of the estate of Ann P. Strickland, deceased, on the petition of L. J. Bryan, as the administrator de bonis non, to set aside a decree of final settlement of the accounts of Jacob Bruce, the former administrator, since deceased, whose executrix, Mrs. Susan Bruce, was made a defendant to the petition. The petition was filed on the 27th of April, 1871. The decree of final settlement was rendered on the 21th of August, 1866, and was in the following words: “ This being the day set to hear and pass upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
This is an application by petition filed by the appellee, Bryan, as the administrator de bonis non of the estate of Ann P. Strickland, deceased, in the probate court of Lowndes county, against Susan Bruce, as the executrix of the will of Jacob Bruce, deceased, former administrator of the estate of said Ann P. Strickland, to set aside and declare void the decree' of final settlement of said Bruce of his administration of said estate of said Ann P. Strickland, made by him in his life-time in said court of probate, on the 24th day of August, 1866. The grounds for the setting aside said decree,…
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