Harrison v. Harrison
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the County Court of Dallas. Petition on behalf of a portion of the distributees of the estate of Richard 6. Harrison, to compel the administrator with the will annexed to make distribution. The petition sets out, that the decedent was, at the time of his death, a resident of Dallas county, and possessed of real and personal estates of great value.
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Error to the County Court of Dallas. Petition on behalf of a portion of the distributees of the estate of Richard 6. Harrison, to compel the administrator with the will annexed to make distribution. The petition sets out, that the decedent was, at the time of his death, a resident of Dallas county, and possessed of real and personal estates of great value. That a paper purporting to be his will, was admitted to probate in the Orphans’ Court of said county,- and letters of administration with the will annexed, granted to the defendant, Kirkland Harrison, soon after the death of the decedent,…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
1. Our statutes of distribution are in a great measure founded on the English statute of 22 and 23 Charles 2, but instead of being confined to cases of intestacy only, extend to all goods, chattels and personal estate not bequeathed. [Clay’s Dig. 191, § 1.] The section which allows any person entitled to distribution of an. intestate's estate to petition the Orphans’ Court to compel the administrator to make distribution, after the expiration of eighteen months from the grant of administration, (Ib. 196, § 23,) is similar to a provision of the English statute, fixing the period for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Trotter v. BlockerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1838
- Leavens v. ButlerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1839
- Graham v. AbercrombieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1845
- Alston v. ColemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1845
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- Gould v. HayesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851
- Stewart's Adm'r v. Stewart's HeirsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Hays v. CockrellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1867
- Moore v. LesueurSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
- Hinson v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
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