Perkins v. Perkins
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Buchanan, J., May, 1896, and Watts, J., February, 1896, Chesterfield. Action by John H. Perkins, as administrator de bonis non of estate of Nancy J. Perkins, against the heirs at law of Nancy J. Perkins and parties in interest in her estate, for settlement of same. From an order refusing the payment to Benjamin T. Perkins, a defendant, of a legacy, this defendant appeals on the following exceptions: First.
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Before Buchanan, J., May, 1896, and Watts, J., February, 1896, Chesterfield. Action by John H. Perkins, as administrator de bonis non of estate of Nancy J. Perkins, against the heirs at law of Nancy J. Perkins and parties in interest in her estate, for settlement of same. From an order refusing the payment to Benjamin T. Perkins, a defendant, of a legacy, this defendant appeals on the following exceptions: First. Because his Honor, Judge R. C. Watts, erred in holding-, that “B. T. Perkins has taken and converted to his own use the mule spoken of in the evidence * * * and that it belongs to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
This was an action on the equity side of the Court of Common Pleas for Chesterfield County, in this State. The complaint alleged that Nancy J. Perkins departed this life leaving a last will and testament, of which the defendant, H. D. Malloy, was appointed executor, and that he qualified as such executor, and then declined to carry out the will, and renounced his office as said executor; whereupon the plaintiff, John H. Perkins, was appointed by the court of probate for said Chesterfield County to the office of administrator de bonis…
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