Winston v. Morrisette
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Probate Court, Hale County; W. E. Torbert, Judge. Suit by Clara M. Winston against Samuel Morrisette, administrator of the estate of Perry Morrisette, for a settlement of the estate. Decree for defendaát, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Perry Morrisette, a negro, died in August, 1914. His son Samuel was appointed the administrator of his estate by the probate court of Hale county. On June 13, 1916, Clara HÍorrisette Winston filed a petition, in which she averred that intestate was her father, and that she was a distributee of his estate. The prayer sought a citation to the administrator, requiring him to appear and show cause why he should not make a partial or annual settlement of the estate, in the discharge of which duty he was in default. “It was admitted that all the allegations of this petition were true, except the…
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