Jackson v. Rowell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before tbe Hon. Thos. W. Coleman. The bill in this case was filed on tbe 26th July, 1888, by Mrs. Emily R. Jackson and her three sisters, married women and daughters of Vm. H. Rowell, deceased, against tlreir mother, Mrs. Eliza C. Rowell, their brother, Wm.
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before tbe Hon. Thos. W. Coleman. The bill in this case was filed on tbe 26th July, 1888, by Mrs. Emily R. Jackson and her three sisters, married women and daughters of Vm. H. Rowell, deceased, against tlreir mother, Mrs. Eliza C. Rowell, their brother, Wm. H. Rowell, Jr., and Joseph Espalla as administrator of said decedent’s estate; and sought principally the removal of the administration, and a settlement and distribution of the estate. Tbe decedent died, intestate, on tbe 15th April, 1887, and letters of administration on his estate were…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
It is not our intention to declare that a bill will in no case lie, where its objects are substantially such as are set forth and prayed in the present bill. There are cases in which the varying rights and methods of relief so connect and complicate the subjects-matter, as that only courts of chancery can render adequate and coinplete relief. Handley v. Heflin, 84 Ala. 600; Marshall v. Marshall, 86 Ala. 383; s. c., 5 So. Rep. 475.
The bill in this case alleges that Rowell, the decedent, *688died in April, 1887, and that Espalla was appointed administrator of the estate in December, 1887. This bill…
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