Hatchett v. Billingslea
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeals from the Probate Court of Montgomery. In the matter of the final settlement of the accounts and vouchers of Mrs. Harriet Billingslea, as administratrix (and H. C. Billingslea, ber husband, as administrator in right of his wife) of the estate of Robert J. Glenn, deceased, who was the husband of Mrs. Billingslea at the time of his death.
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Appeals from the Probate Court of Montgomery. In the matter of the final settlement of the accounts and vouchers of Mrs. Harriet Billingslea, as administratrix (and H. C. Billingslea, ber husband, as administrator in right of his wife) of the estate of Robert J. Glenn, deceased, who was the husband of Mrs. Billingslea at the time of his death. Tbe record shows, that said decedent died on the 4th day of May, 1858, in said county of Montgomery, where he resided, leaving a large estate, consisting principally of a plantation and slaves; that letters of administration on his estate were duly…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
— Prior to the enactment of the statute, “ To regulate settlements in the Orphan’s Court,” approved February 4th, 1846 (Pamph. Acts, 14), an administrator de bonis non could recover from his predecessor only such assets of the estate as remained in specie, unconverted and unchanged, 1 Brick. Dig. 919,' § 82. That statute changed the law in this respect. Its provisions were carried into the Code of 1852, and form the subject of chapter 9, title 4, part 2, beginning with section 1876. That section provides that, “whenever an executor or administrator is removed, resigns, or his letters* are…
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