Alexander v. Steele
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Dallas Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. S. K. McSpadden. Appellees, as legatees and distributees of the estate of Dewitt C. Alexander, filed their bill against John D. Alexander, appellant, to compel a settlement of his accounts as executor 'and administrator of the estate of' Joseph M. Alexander, their grandfather, and to remove the settlement of the estate into equity.
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Appeal from Dallas Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. S. K. McSpadden. Appellees, as legatees and distributees of the estate of Dewitt C. Alexander, filed their bill against John D. Alexander, appellant, to compel a settlement of his accounts as executor 'and administrator of the estate of' Joseph M. Alexander, their grandfather, and to remove the settlement of the estate into equity. A settlement, or settlements by the said John D. Alexander of the estate of Joseph M. Alexander, his father, had 'been made in the Probate Court, but as said John D. was also the personal representative of his…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
This case was before us at a former term. Alexander v. Alexander, 70 Ala. 212. The questions then considered were raised only by deanurrer to the bill, which the chancellor had overruled. We affirmed the ruling of the chancellor, holding that John D. Alexander, first executor, and afterwards administrator de bonis non with the will *334annexed of Joseph M. Alexander, had made no valid final settlement of his said trust, and that the bill contained equity. There was- implied in this ruling, that other incontestable postulate, that all executors, administrators and guardians may rightfully be…
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