Wiley Banks & Co. v. Machen
Mississippi Supreme Court
EekoR to tbe Probate Court of Tippah county. Hon. B. F. Worsham, judge. Letters of administration were granted to defendants in error upon the estate of H. L. Machen, deceased, at the February Term, 1853, of the Probate Court of Tippah county.
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EekoR to tbe Probate Court of Tippah county. Hon. B. F. Worsham, judge. Letters of administration were granted to defendants in error upon the estate of H. L. Machen, deceased, at the February Term, 1853, of the Probate Court of Tippah county. Report of notes and accounts, made to said Term, shows due estate, good debts, $6,071.72; doubtful débts, $1,068.07; desperate debts, $122.61: in all, $7,262.40. Report of sales of personal property made on credit of nine months from the 4th April, 1853, $5,163.90. Estate reported insolvent, February 21, 1854, and subsequently so declared. Amount of…
1Opinion of the Court
Habéis, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*260Tbe errors complained of in this record, arise out of tbe action of tbe Probate Court on the final settlement of tbe defendants in error, as administrators on tbe estate of II. L. Machen, deceased.
Tbe first error assigned is that tbe court allowed tbe administrators a credit of $2,000 for losses by fire and offsets to debts reported as good.
Tbe second error assigned is that tbe court refused to charge tbe administrators with interest, collected by them on claims due tbe decedent at bis death and on notes taken by them for the sale of personalty…
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