Stigler v. Porter
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Probate Court of Holmes county. Hon. Hugb W. Fultz, judge. Appellant, as tbe administrator de bonis non of Robert Howard, deceased, filed bis petition in tbe court below, stating that tbe personal estate was insufficient to pay tbe debts, that the slaves belonging to tbe estate bad been freed, and that tbe notes and accounts were of little or no value. A schedule of liabilities and assets was filed.
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Appeal from tbe Probate Court of Holmes county. Hon. Hugb W. Fultz, judge. Appellant, as tbe administrator de bonis non of Robert Howard, deceased, filed bis petition in tbe court below, stating that tbe personal estate was insufficient to pay tbe debts, that the slaves belonging to tbe estate bad been freed, and that tbe notes and accounts were of little or no value. A schedule of liabilities and assets was filed. Tbe petition asked that tbe heirs of Howard be made parties, and that tbe lands be sold for tbe purpose of paying tbe debts. Lucy A. Porter and Thomas L. Howard, heirs of Robert…
1Opinion of the CourtPeyton, J.
The plaintiff in error, as administrator de bonis non pi Robert Howard, deceased, filed his petition in the Probate Court of Holmes county, alleging that the personal estate of said decedent was wholly insufficient to pay and satisfy the debts which had been exhibited against the estate of said deceased; that the negroes belonging to said- estate, by the result of the war, had been emancipated, and that in conseqxxence thereof all the assets of said estate that have eonxo into the hands of said administrator, as contained in a sclxodxxlo amxcxed axxd made part of the petitioix, are…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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