Donald v. Portis
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Dallas. In the matter of the estate of Daniel Enlon, deceased ; said Enlon died in the spring of the year 1848, in Dallas county, leaving a last will and testament, which was admitted to probate on the 19th day of July, 1858, in the probate court of Dallas, county.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Dallas. In the matter of the estate of Daniel Enlon, deceased ; said Enlon died in the spring of the year 1848, in Dallas county, leaving a last will and testament, which was admitted to probate on the 19th day of July, 1858, in the probate court of Dallas, county. His wife, Nancy, who was a legatee and devisee under said will and executrix, but who never qualified as such, survived him; she died in said county in 1854. After several administrators of the estate of said Daniel Enlon, deceased, had been appointed and resigned, Thomas J. Portis, the appellee in…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
It is understood that the merits of this case have been settled, and that a decision upon the question of reversal or affirmance is only required for the purpose of adjudging the costs of this court. In this condition of the case, the cause is placed in our hands for decision, without argument, brief, or statement of the points arising in the case. We have examined the case without any of the usual helps in our investigation, and conclude, that the only point in the case as presented is, whether the administrator of Mrs. Nancy Enlon was entitled to a distributive share as the representative…
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