Legal Opinion

Berry v. Alsop

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1871PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the probate court of Yazoo county. The opinion of the court fully shows the facts of this case No memorandum of the arguments of counsel has come to the hands of the reporter.

1Opinion of the Court

Sime,all, J.:

A suit was instituted in the probate court of Yazoo county, in February, A. D. 1867, by Thomas B. Alsop, administrator of John Alsop, deceased, to induce a final settlement of the estate of Jesse Alsop, deceased, so far as Samuel Redding, the executor (who had deceased), had proceeded. Edmund Berry is the administrator of Samuel Redding, deceased, and he was ordered by the court to state a final account so far as his intestate had proceeded, in execution of the will of the testator.

To this proceeding the heirs at law of Jesse Alsop, the testator, were made parties, and were…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Butler v. HopperU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania · 1806
  2. Commonwealth v. HollowaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1816
  3. Fields v. WalkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1853
  4. Mitchell v. WellsMississippi Supreme Court · 1859
  5. Shaw v. BrownMississippi Supreme Court · 1858

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cowan v. StampsMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Alexander v. HerringMississippi Supreme Court · 1910

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