Raines v. Raines's Executors
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Barbour. Heard before the Hon. B. B. McCrA'W. The bill in this case was filed on the 12th of September, 1870, by the appellants, claiming as legatees under the last will and testament of John W. Baines, deceased, against Edward B. Young and Wm. H. Thornton, the executors of said will; and sought an account and settlement of the defendants’ trust.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Barbour. Heard before the Hon. B. B. McCrA'W. The bill in this case was filed on the 12th of September, 1870, by the appellants, claiming as legatees under the last will and testament of John W. Baines, deceased, against Edward B. Young and Wm. H. Thornton, the executors of said will; and sought an account and settlement of the defendants’ trust. The material provisions of the will, and the other facts of the case bearing on the questions here presented and decided, are stated in the opinion of the court. The final decree of the chancellor on the hearing, and…
1Opinion of the CourtB. F. Saffold, J.
The appellants are the legatees, and the appellees the executors, of, the will of John W. Raines, who died in Barbour county, in 1858. The will was admitted to probate on the 3d of January, 1859, after a fierce contest by the heirs-at-law of the decedent. The appellants sought, by this suit, to have a settlement of the administration, an account of the trust funds, and decrees in their favor for whatever amounts should be found due to them. The court granted the relief prayed for, and heard the cause on its merits. The bill was dismissed, on the ground that the defendants had properly…
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