Lesslie v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Limestone. Heard before the Hon. R. S. Watkins. The bill in this case was filed on the 3d April, 1873, by Mrs. Nannie T. Lesslie, suing by her husband as her next Mend, against the heirs and administrator of William Richardson, deceased, and the sureties on the official bond of said administrator, and against the personal representative and heirs of Thomas Bass, deceased; and sought relief on account of the purchase of a tract of land by…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Limestone. Heard before the Hon. R. S. Watkins. The bill in this case was filed on the 3d April, 1873, by Mrs. Nannie T. Lesslie, suing by her husband as her next Mend, against the heirs and administrator of William Richardson, deceased, and the sureties on the official bond of said administrator, and against the personal representative and heirs of Thomas Bass, deceased; and sought relief on account of the purchase of a tract of land by complainant, under the following state of facts : On the 7th October, 1861, William Richardson obtained a judgment against…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
William Richardson recovered a money judgment against Thomas Bass and others. Each of the parties died, leaving the judgment unsatisfied. Richardson, the administrator of Richardson, filed a bill against Turrentine, administrator, and the heirs-at-law of Bass, to subject lands descended to the payment of said judgment. A decree was rendered, in accordance with the prayer of the bill, and under it certain lots in the town of Athens were sold, and purchased and paid for by Mrs. Lesslie, and title and possession given to her. Richardson’s administrator then settled his administration, and…
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