Clements v. Hood
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Tuskaloosa. The issue in this ease was between the administrator and ■one of the several distributees of John A. Goodson, deceased.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Tuskaloosa. The issue in this ease was between the administrator and ■one of the several distributees of John A. Goodson, deceased. On the 14th of June, 1873, N. N. Clements, as the adminis- ■ trator of the estate of said John A. Goodson, filed a petition ■ in the Probate Court of Tuskaloosa county, praying such necessary orders and decrees of said court as to compel a ' discovery of certain alleged advancements made by said • Goodson in his life-time to his several children. The proper orders were made, and publication had to notify Mary Hood, ..and her…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
1. Many of the objections and exceptions taken to the admission of evidence, offend the rule declared in the case of Milton v. Rowland, 11 Ala. 732 — are too general in their effect, and will not be here noticed. — See, also, South and North Alabama Railroad Co. v. Jones, at this term. A specimen of the class of exceptions to which we refer, is the following: “To each interrogatory, calling out each separate paragraph of the answer of the witness, plaintiff objected, and .also objected to each paragraph of the testimony, . . and plaintiff excepted.” This statement is placed at the end of •a…
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- Milton v. RowlandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1847
- Alexander v. SaulsburySupreme Court of Alabama · 1861
- Distributees of Mitchell v. Mitchell's Adm'r.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1845
- O'Neal v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1868
- Butler v. M. Ins.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1848
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