Norton v. Norton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Barbour. Heard before the Hon. John A. Poster. The bill in this case was filed on the 11th of August, 1890, by E. T. Norton individually, and as administrator of the estate of his deceased father, John J. Norton, against the surviving widow and the other heirs and distributees of the estate; and sought to remove the final settlement of his administration from the Probate Court of said county, in which it was pending.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Barbour. Heard before the Hon. John A. Poster. The bill in this case was filed on the 11th of August, 1890, by E. T. Norton individually, and as administrator of the estate of his deceased father, John J. Norton, against the surviving widow and the other heirs and distributees of the estate; and sought to remove the final settlement of his administration from the Probate Court of said county, in which it was pending. John J. Norton died in August, 1887, leading a surviving widow, Mrs. Josephine Norton, who was his second wife, and ten children by a former…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— E. T. Norton was appointed, in September, 1887, administrator of the estate of John J. Norton, by the Probate Court of Barbour county. In November thereafter, Josephine Norton, the widow of. the decedent, sold and, conveyed to Henry T. Norton, one of the heirs, all her right, title, interest and claim, in and to the real property of her deceased husband, including the homestead, and moved off the land; Henry T. Norton entering into 'possession under his purchase. No assignment of dower has ever been made. E. T.Norton, having been removed from the administration, *484filed in the Probate Court…
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