Bowers v. Williams
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Probate Court of De Soto county. Hon. John W. Vance, judge. Cited Bulloch v. Sneed, 13 S. & M. 293; Jones v. Coon, 5 S. & M. 751; 23 Miss. Rep. 195. Cited Pendleton v. Prestridge, 12 S. & M. 302; Creen v. Creighton, 10 S. & M. 159; 2 Daniel Ch. Pr. 765; 1 Story Eq. § 525; Satterwhite v. Littlefield, 13 S. & M. 302 ; McLeod v. Johnson, 6 Cushm. 378.
1Opinion of the CourtEisher, J.
This was a proceeding in the nature of a bill of review, in the Probate Court of De Soto county, by the plaintiffs in error, to set aside the decree of final settlement, made by the defendant in error, as administrator of the estate of one William H. Bowers, deceased.
The bill alleges that the final settlement was made without proper notice to the parties interested in the estate, and that it is therefore void. The defendant’s counsel, admitting the truth of this allegation, as well as the legal conclusion, insists that there was no necessity for the bill of review, and that it should not…
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