Cummings v. Bradley
Supreme Court of Alabama
APPEAL from the Probate Court of Wilcox. The record is too voluminous to attempt more than the following outline of the case.
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APPEAL from the Probate Court of Wilcox. The record is too voluminous to attempt more than the following outline of the case. At the July term, 1874, of said court, the following proceedings were had in the matter of the final settlement of Jesse G. Bradley and Mary Powe (appellees), administrator and administratrix of the estate of Calvin S. Powe, deceased, of their past administration of said estate: The administrators filed their account current — their final account showing: Debits, $3,255.39; credits, $5,653.48 balance due administrators, $2,398.09. The first credit item in said account…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
1. The Probate Court of Wilcox county adopted rules of practice, and, among others, the following, in reference to settlements of executors, administrators, and guardians : “ Eor the purpose of facilitating the orderly dispatch of matters pertaining to settlements, when an account -may be disputed, the party contesting must file his excep*237tions in writing, specifying to which items of the account he excepts, with the ground of exception, or, as to which additional proof may be required.” The administrator de bonis non had filed exceptions to several items of the account, and the trial was…
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