Legal Opinion

Gray v. Harris

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1871PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error to the probate court of Rankin county. The plaintiff in error assigned the following errors : 1st. The court erred in hearing and passing upon the objections to the final account, in the absence of the administrator and his counsel, and without giving the administrator an opportunity to be heard and to show by proof that the objections were not well taken, and that the rejected items, if not supported by legal vouchers, were nevertheless just and legal claims against…

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Error to the probate court of Rankin county. The plaintiff in error assigned the following errors : 1st. The court erred in hearing and passing upon the objections to the final account, in the absence of the administrator and his counsel, and without giving the administrator an opportunity to be heard and to show by proof that the objections were not well taken, and that the rejected items, if not supported by legal vouchers, were nevertheless just and legal claims against the estate. 2d. The court erred in ordering the account to be restated without notice to the administrator; without…

1Opinion of the Court

Simrall, J.:

George M. Gray, administrator of Eichard Gray, deceased,-, filed his final settlement account in the probate court of Eankin county. Sundry exceptions were taken by the distrib*427Titees of the estate, and the administrator de bonis non. These exceptions were continued from term to term, as it would seem, on the application of the administrator, until the July term, 1867, when a decree was made, disallowing sundry credits claimed by the administrator, and finding a balance against him of $6,516 97.

Whether the administrator had been displaced from his trust by the court, or whether he…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Frei v. BrownleeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Feld v. BorodofskiMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Boyd v. ApplewhiteMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Hancock v. PyleMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Lethbridge v. LauderWyoming Supreme Court · 1904

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