Robins v. Norcum
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the probate court of Warren county. The appellees filed a petition in the probate court, in substance as follows: They stated that they were the administrators de bonis non with the will annexed, of .Alexander McNeill, deceased; that they had reported his estate insolvent; that they were in the possession of funds of the estate which they desired to distribute ; that other funds would also come to their hands for that purpose; that their testator died largely…
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On appeal from the probate court of Warren county. The appellees filed a petition in the probate court, in substance as follows: They stated that they were the administrators de bonis non with the will annexed, of .Alexander McNeill, deceased; that they had reported his estate insolvent; that they were in the possession of funds of the estate which they desired to distribute ; that other funds would also come to their hands for that purpose; that their testator died largely indebted to various banks and to private persons, all of whom were interested in the distribution; that the president,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clayton
The appellees, as the administrators of Alexander McNeill, deceased, reported the estate to the probate court of Warren county to be insolvent, and commissioners were appQinted to examine and audit the claims against the estate. During the time that this commission was in progress, -the administrators *345filed a petition in the probate court; in which they stated that a very large proportion of the debt due from the estate, was originally owing to the Commercial and Railroad Bank of Vicksburg, but that said debts, on the 13th of February, 1840, had been transferred to the appellants, as the…
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