Harmon v. Wagener
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace and Fraser, JJ., Newberry, May and July, 1889. This was an action by Thomas F. Harmon, as executor of Mary E. Harmon, and in his own right, against F. W. Wagener & Co. and others, creditors of said Mary E. Harmon.
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Before Wallace and Fraser, JJ., Newberry, May and July, 1889. This was an action by Thomas F. Harmon, as executor of Mary E. Harmon, and in his own right, against F. W. Wagener & Co. and others, creditors of said Mary E. Harmon. The order of Judge Wallace in this case was as follows: On hearing the pleadings and orders in the above stated action, the affidavits in behalf of unsecured creditors of the above named Mary E. Harmon, deceased, the order to show cause why a receiver of the real and personal estate of said deceased should not be appointed, and the return of the said Thomas F. Harmon…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
Mary E. Harmon, late of the County of Newberry, died March 6, 1886, leaving of force her last will and testament, by which, after the payment of her debts, she devised and bequeathed her whole estate to her husband, Thomas F. Harmon, the plaintiff. The testatrix also appointed her said husband executor of her will, with “full power to sell and dispose of the estate as to him should seem best.” He qualified and *490took upon himself the administration, but finding that the debts were numerous and aggregating more than the personal…
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