Turner v. Ellis
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
On appeal from the probate court of Lawrence county. At the May term of the probate court of Lawrence county, 1847, J. M. Ellis, administrator of D. B. Cooper, deceased, petitioned the court for an order to sell certain lands alleged to be the property of the estate, upon the ground that the personal property was insufficient to pay the debts.
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On appeal from the probate court of Lawrence county. At the May term of the probate court of Lawrence county, 1847, J. M. Ellis, administrator of D. B. Cooper, deceased, petitioned the court for an order to sell certain lands alleged to be the property of the estate, upon the ground that the personal property was insufficient to pay the debts. Citations were issued in accordance with the statute, and James M. Turner appeared and contested the application, and at the September term, 1847, the court dismissed the petition, upon the ground that there was sufficient personal property belonging to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
On the 26th of March, 1849, James M. Ellis, as administrator of the estate of David B. Cooper, deceased, filed in the probate court of Lawrence county, a petition, accompanied with two exhibits; one showing the amount of the personal estate, and the other the debts then owing by said deceased. It also contained a description of certain lands, of which it alleged the deceased died seized, and .estimated the same to be worth $300; from which it appeáred that the estate was insolvent. The clerk of said court was thereupon appointed a commissioner, to receive and report the claim exhibited…
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