Winborn v. King

The appellees filed their petition in the Probate Court of Pike county, alleging that they are the distributees of the estate of one Allin King, deceased; that the appellants having administered on the estate in January, 1834, made a pretended final settlement in 1843, without giving the proper notice to the appellees. The object of the petition is to compel a final settlement and distribution of the estate.

The answer sets up that, while it is true that the record fails to show notice to the parties interested, yet that notice was, in fact, given, and that the appellees were present, by their…