Billingslea v. Glenn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Probate Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. David Campbell. Robert J. Glenn died intestate on the 4th day of May, 1858, leaving a plantation and farming implements, &c., and a number of negro slaves, who were, at the time of the intestate’s death, worth $37,000. Appellant, the widow of deceased, and who has since intermarried with one Billingslea, gave bond and duly qualified as administratrix, <&c., on the 22d day of the same month.
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Appeal from Probate Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. David Campbell. Robert J. Glenn died intestate on the 4th day of May, 1858, leaving a plantation and farming implements, &c., and a number of negro slaves, who were, at the time of the intestate’s death, worth $37,000. Appellant, the widow of deceased, and who has since intermarried with one Billingslea, gave bond and duly qualified as administratrix, <&c., on the 22d day of the same month. Upon the resignation of appellant, on her final settlement of her administration of said estate, Mary Glenn, one of the heirs of decedent, was…
1Opinion of the CourtB. F. Saffold, J.
On the final settlement of her administration of the estate of Robert T. Glenn, deceased, by the appellant, his widow, the following questions arose : 1st, Whether the administratrix should be allowed a credit for the amount of her separate statutory estate received by her husband in money, with interest from his death ; ‘2d, Whether she should be charged with the value of the slaves belonging to, the estate, because she had not sold them to pay her debts, but had employed them on the plantation without authority, until their emancipation in 1865. Or, if not with the entire value, with so…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McCreeliss's Distributees v. HinkleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
- Harrison v. MockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1846
- Houston v. DeloachSupreme Court of Alabama · 1869
- Glenn v. GlennSupreme Court of Alabama · 1868
- Royal Insurance v. LubelskySupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Callie L. Cox and B. C. Cox, Jr., as Executors Under the Will of B. C. Cox, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Glenn's Adm'r v. BillingsleaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
- McGregor v. McGregorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- Chambless v. BlackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- Angelyn G. Taylor, as Administratrix of the Estate of R. P. Taylor, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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