Thompson v. Thomas
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Probate Court of Lowndes county. Hon. Stephen A. Brown, judge. Abram D. Thomas, the appellee, as administrator of the estate of one Joseph Thompson, filed his final account for audition and allowance, in the Probate Court of Lowndes county, and at the same time filed a petition, in which he alleged that Joseph Thompson, at the time of his death, left living two children, viz., Mary Ann Thomas, and John B. Thompson.
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Appeal from tbe Probate Court of Lowndes county. Hon. Stephen A. Brown, judge. Abram D. Thomas, the appellee, as administrator of the estate of one Joseph Thompson, filed his final account for audition and allowance, in the Probate Court of Lowndes county, and at the same time filed a petition, in which he alleged that Joseph Thompson, at the time of his death, left living two children, viz., Mary Ann Thomas, and John B. Thompson. That both of these have since died, the said John B. Thomas without issue, and the said Mary Ann Thomas leaving a child, who has also since died: so that there is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
This case comes bj appeal into this court, from a decree of the Probate Court of Lowndes county.
The only point presented by the record for decision is, whether the legal representative of those who were the next of kin of the intestate at the time of his death, or those who are next of kin at the time distribution is sought to be made, are entitled to the surplus of the estate remaining in the hands of the administrator upon settlement of his final account.
It is now firmly settled by the English decisions, upon their Statute of Distributions, of which ours is in many respects almost an exact…
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