Dent v. Foy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County; J. S. Williams, Judge. The estate of George H. Dent was removed by one of tbe heirs from the probate to the circuit court, the bill praying that certain real estate be sold for distribution.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County; J. S. Williams, Judge. The estate of George H. Dent was removed by one of tbe heirs from the probate to the circuit court, the bill praying that certain real estate be sold for distribution. Pending the settlement of the estate, and before,decree passing upon that particular feature of the bill, the executors of the estate, having obtained the consent in writing of certain of the adult heirs, filed a petition to sell the same real estate, and from a decree sustaining a plea in abatement to the petition and dismissing the petition, the executors…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Appellants were duly appointed administrators of the estate of George H. Dent, deceased, and during the pendency of the administration thereof appellees, heirs of said estate, being grandchildren of deceased, filed a bill in the circuit court of Barbour county, in equity, for the removal of the administration into that court. This these heirs had a right to do without assigning any special equity (Acts 1911, p. 575); but the bill also contained averments seeking to charge some of the heirs with advancements, and other matters not necessary here to mention, including also a wale of the real…
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