Harkins v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Pickens. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on the 10th June, 1875, by B. J. Hughes, against Charles S. Harkins, as executor of the last will and testament of Archibald Hood, deceased, to compel the payment by said executor, out of the assets of said estate, of a debt which the complainant claimed to hold against Mrs. Martha A. Hood, deceased, who was the widow of said testator, for care and attention during…
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Pickens. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on the 10th June, 1875, by B. J. Hughes, against Charles S. Harkins, as executor of the last will and testament of Archibald Hood, deceased, to compel the payment by said executor, out of the assets of said estate, of a debt which the complainant claimed to hold against Mrs. Martha A. Hood, deceased, who was the widow of said testator, for care and attention during her last illness, amounting to $175. The testator died in said county, in March, 1«71, and his last will and testament…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The bill was 'filed by the appellee, as a creditor of Martha A. Hood, deceased, the widow of Archibald Hood, deceased, against the appelllant as executor of the will of said Archibald, to compel him, from the assets of his testator, to pay the debt owing by said widow at her death. The will of Archibald Hood contains these clauses : The first is a devise of real estate, and a bequest of personal property, including five hundred dollars in money, to his widow, said Martha A., during her life ; the second is a devise and bequest of the residue of his estate, after the payment of his debts and…
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