Harland v. Person
Supreme Court of Alabama
Bill in Equity Inj Executor for Removal of Settlement, Account, etc. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Colbert. Heard, before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on the 8th.
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Bill in Equity Inj Executor for Removal of Settlement, Account, etc. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Colbert. Heard, before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on the 8th. January, 1874, by Alfred S. Person, individually and as executor of the last will and testament of his deceased father, W. H. Person, against Mrs. Sarah J. Harland, who was a daughter of the testator, and the other persons interested in the estate as devisees and legatees under the will; and sought to remove the administration of the estate from the Probate Court, and to have a settlement of accounts…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— The will of W. H. Person was admitted to probate, and letters testamentary granted to Alfred S. Person, in August, 1867, by the Probate Court of Colbert county. By the will, the testator devised certain designated lands to John A. Person, in trust for the use and benefit of William H. Person, a-grand-son, and devised and bequeathed certain other designated lands and his personal property to said Alfred S. Person and appellant, Sarah J. Harland, jointly. The will further provided, that Alfred S. Person and Sarah J. Harland, who was then unmarried, should jointly pay all the debts of the…
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