West Feliciana Railroad v. Stockett
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from tbe probate court of Wilkinson county; Hon. Francis Gildart, judge of the probate court of Wilkinson county. On the 9th of December, 1848, a decree was rendered in the probate court of Wilkinson county, confirming a report of commissioners and referees appointed to examine and allow claims against the estate of Lorenzo D. Brown, which estate had been reported by the commissioner to be insolvent.
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In error from tbe probate court of Wilkinson county; Hon. Francis Gildart, judge of the probate court of Wilkinson county. On the 9th of December, 1848, a decree was rendered in the probate court of Wilkinson county, confirming a report of commissioners and referees appointed to examine and allow claims against the estate of Lorenzo D. Brown, which estate had been reported by the commissioner to be insolvent. The order or decree of the court confirmed the report of the referees appointed to examine the claim of appellant, which amounted to $34,179.67, debt' and interest, the sum allowed by…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Handy*
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a bill of review, filed by the defendant in error, in the probate court of Wilkinson county.
The bill alleges, that at May term, 1847, of that court, the plaintiff in error preferred a claim against Lorenzo D. Brown, the defendant’s intestate, for the sum of $26,656.13, with interest, representing by petition that the claim had been presented to the commissioners appointed to audit claims against the estate, which had been duly declared insolvent, and had been disallowed, and praying that the claim should be submitted to referees…
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