Rogers v. Tullos
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Smith County. Hon. T. B. Cowan, Chancellor. The appellants were appointed jointly as the administrators de honis non of the estate of Wm. H. Brown, who died intestate in 1859. They procured an order of the probate court in November, 1861, directing them to sell certain personalty belonging to said estate.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Smith County. Hon. T. B. Cowan, Chancellor. The appellants were appointed jointly as the administrators de honis non of the estate of Wm. H. Brown, who died intestate in 1859. They procured an order of the probate court in November, 1861, directing them to sell certain personalty belonging to said estate. They proceeded to sell, and made report of sales in December, 1861, amounting to $1,514.81. They report that “the purchasers gave notes with good and approved security.” Another sale was made in 1862 of only $13.15. They presented their first annual account…
1Opinion of the CourtTarbell, J.
The question for determination in this case is, as to the right to show by parol that the term “ dollars,” used in the annual and final accounts of administrators and guardians, during the late confederacy, means other than the constitutional currency of the United States.
*689¥m, H. Brown deceased in 1859. In 1861, J. B. Rogers and. T. B. Rogers were appointed administrators cle bonis non of the estate of the deceased. In November, 1861, these administrators were directed by the probate court to sell certain of the personal property belonging to the estate, on a credit of twelve months.
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- Coffin v. BramlittMississippi Supreme Court · 1868
- Johnson v. MillerMississippi Supreme Court · 1857
- McFarlane v. RandleMississippi Supreme Court · 1867
- Williams v. CampbellMississippi Supreme Court · 1871