Dancy v. Stricklinge

It appears that the widow of John Webster, having obtained letters of administration on the estate of her deceased husband, resigned in favor of Reece; who was thereupon appointed in her stead, and gave bond as administrator, in 184Q. Reece, however, it seems, did not proceed in the matter of the administration; and in 1843, upon the petition of the widow, representing that she had reason to believe that Reece was killed or taken prisoner by the Mexicans, or was out of the limits of the Republic, and that he had failed to discharge his duties as administrator, there was an order of the…