Hargroves v. Thompson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Probate Court of Covington county. Hon. A. S. Harper, judge. The appellee, Thompson, filed his petition in the Probate Court of Covington county, against the appellant, as administrator of Minerva Thompson, in which he alleged in substance, that the said Minerva had died intestate, leaving personal estate, consisting of a negro slave and money, which were in the hands of the appellant, as her administrator; that the said Minerva was, at the time of her death,…
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Covington county. Hon. A. S. Harper, judge. The appellee, Thompson, filed his petition in the Probate Court of Covington county, against the appellant, as administrator of Minerva Thompson, in which he alleged in substance, that the said Minerva had died intestate, leaving personal estate, consisting of a negro slave and money, which were in the hands of the appellant, as her administrator; that the said Minerva was, at the time of her death, his lawful wife ; and that she left surviving her, an infant child, the issue of the marriage, who afterwards died at…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This was a petition, filed in the Probate Court of Covington county, by Thompson, praying distribution of the estate of his deceased wife, in the hands of Hargroves, her administrator. The petitioner alleges, that he was lawfully married to the intestate, who afterwards died, leaving the only issue of the marriage, a child, who is since deceased, and upon whose death, all the estate of his wife, which descended to the child, vested in the petitioner; that the wife of the petitioner was entitled to certain property and credits, which had come to the hands of her administrator, and of which…
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