Francis v. Northcote
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Austin. This was a suit brought by the appellant as administrator de bonis nan of the estate of John D. Ilarvey, deceased,,in the County Court against the appellee as former administrator of the estate.
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Appeal from Austin. This was a suit brought by the appellant as administrator de bonis nan of the estate of John D. Ilarvey, deceased,,in the County Court against the appellee as former administrator of the estate. The petition alleged that the defendant, Northcote, had long since gone beyond the jurisdiction of the court; that lie did not account truly for the effects of the óslate in his hands as administrator, but that lie squandered and wasted the same, and “ is now liable to the estate for a large amount as for a devastavit. It a«kecl the court to re-examine and restate his account as…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The jurisdiction of the County Court as a court of probates is conferred under the 15lh section of article IY of the Constitution, which *94constitutes it an “inferior tribunal,” with a jurisdiction limited to certain enumerated subjects. These are : "The appointing of guardians, granting of letters testamentary and of administration, settling (he accounts of executors, administrators, anti guardians, and the transaction of business appertaining to estates.” The act of 1348 to organize County Courts (Hart. Dig., art. 308) confers on them the exercise of the powers here enumerated. By this act an…
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