Gilmer v. Gant

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

The appeal is from a decree of the circuit court, in equity, of Jefferson County, Alabama, sustaining demurrers to a proceeding, styled by appellant as a “recommencement of the trial of the disputation of the claim of Mary Frances (Hays) Gilmer,” against the estate of W. C. McCarty, deceased.

The basis of appellant’s claim against the estate of W. C. McCarty, deceased, is the alleged balance due on a $15,000 judgment recovered against W. C. McCarty during his lifetime, and on which $5,000 was paid some years ago. This Court has considered the same claim on three former…