Collins v. Warren
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Leon. Tried below before the Hon. Spencer Ford. Appellant, as one of the creditors of D. O. Warren’s estate, with a claim established, filed suit in the district court of Leon county, May 29, 1874, against appellees, as the representative of W. H. Warren, the former administrator, then deceased, and his sureties on the administration bond, alleging devastavit, etc., and by amendment that the administrator de bonis non of said estate had been appointed at the…
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Appeal from Leon. Tried below before the Hon. Spencer Ford. Appellant, as one of the creditors of D. O. Warren’s estate, with a claim established, filed suit in the district court of Leon county, May 29, 1874, against appellees, as the representative of W. H. Warren, the former administrator, then deceased, and his sureties on the administration bond, alleging devastavit, etc., and by amendment that the administrator de bonis non of said estate had been appointed at the instance and in the interest of the appellees, and had neglected to sue on the administrator’s bond until after her suit was…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought to the September term, 1874, of the district court of Leon county, by the appellant as executrix of Thos. P. Collins, deceased, upon the bond of W. H. Warren, administrator of D. O. Warren, deceased, to recover the amount of a claim held by her against said estate. The allegations of the appellant’s pleadings are substantially as follows: That W. H. Warren was appointed such administrator in February, 1869, and qualified and gave bond in accordance with the statutes then in force. That he filed an inventory of the estate March 29, 1869, wherein he…
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