Stewart v. McMurray
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Randolph. Heard before the Hon. S. E. A. Reaves. In the matter of the final settlement of the accounts and vouchers of E. A McMurray, as guardian of Mrs. M. M. Stewart, nee Phillips.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Randolph. Heard before the Hon. S. E. A. Reaves. In the matter of the final settlement of the accounts and vouchers of E. A McMurray, as guardian of Mrs. M. M. Stewart, nee Phillips. The record does not show when the guardian was appointed; but, in his account current as filed, he charged himself, as of August 29th, 1862, with the sum of $6, 768.76, “ amount of decree against Heflin and Towles, administrators of estate of Harrington Phillips and he asked credits for investments in bonds of the Confederate States, March 15th, 1861, amounting to $8,650, and for…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
— The present proceeding was the settlement of a guardianship, the active duties of which were performed during the war, 1861-5. . Civil society was thén abnormal. The seceding States were without a currency which was regarded as lawful by the Government of the United States. The Confederate States improvised a currency of its own, which became a measure of value and a circulating medium, because none other was obtainablé. Judicial administration was paralyzed, and collections.could not be enforced. Still, debts were paid, and thereby can-celled, with Confederate treasury-notes; and if no…
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