Satcher v. Satcher's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Henry. In the matter of the estate of Herrin M. Satcher, deceased, on the application of Jesse Satcher and others, claiming as heirs-at-law of said decedent, to set aside a sale of his real estate, which had been previously made by his administrator, W. T. Kirkland, under an order of said probate court.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Henry. In the matter of the estate of Herrin M. Satcher, deceased, on the application of Jesse Satcher and others, claiming as heirs-at-law of said decedent, to set aside a sale of his real estate, which had been previously made by his administrator, W. T. Kirkland, under an order of said probate court. The administrator’s petition, on which the order of sale was founded, and which was filed on the 8th September, 1863, was under oath, and in the following words: “ To the honorable E. W. Teague, judge of the probate court in and for said county: The…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
A motion was made in the probate court, by the appellants, to set aside the sale by the appellee, of the lands of their deceased ancestor, under an order of such court, granted on application of appellee as administrator. The motion was preceded by a petition, which was treated as an exhibition of the grounds of the motion; and after a trial, in which evidence was introduced, the court overruled the motion, and refused to grant the petition. The case presents the question, whether the order of the probate court for the sale of the land was void.
[1.] It is the settled doctrine in the decisions…
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