Williams v. State ex rel. Flippin
Mississippi Supreme Court
FROM the chancery court of Grenada county. HoN. B. T. Kimbrough, Chancellor. In addition to the facts set forth in the opinion of the court, it is perhaps necessaiy to state that the decree of September 15, 1883, therein alluded to, provided that $400 of the amount due to the estate of John P. Flippin should be paid over to the administrator de bonis non for the benefit of creditors of said estate.
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FROM the chancery court of Grenada county. HoN. B. T. Kimbrough, Chancellor. In addition to the facts set forth in the opinion of the court, it is perhaps necessaiy to state that the decree of September 15, 1883, therein alluded to, provided that $400 of the amount due to the estate of John P. Flippin should be paid over to the administrator de bonis non for the benefit of creditors of said estate. Powell Flippin, who is mentioned in the latter part of the opinion, is the son of Samuel F. Flippin, and being a grandson of John P. Flippin, deceased, was one of the distributees of his estate.…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
John P. Flippin died in December, 1877, and in January, 1878, administration upon his estate was granted to Samuel F. Flippin, who qualified and gave bond with the appellants as his sureties. In November, 1878, Samuel F. Flippin died intestate, and administration upon his estate was granted to one Williams, who, as such administrator, filed the final account of his intestate as administrator of the estate of John P. Flippin. This final account as passed showed a balance of $1241.59 due by the deceased administrator to the estate of his intestate, and on the 15th of September, 1883, a decree…
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