Supreme Court of Alabama, 1861

Wimberly v. Wimberly

Wimberly v. Wimberly
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided June 15, 1861 · Stone
38 Ala. 40

Wimberly v. Wimberly

Opinion of the Court

STONE, J.

We think the probate court erred in entertaining j urisdiction of.tbg c.asemade by the-petition shown in this case. The third- clause of Mr. Aford’s will, com strued in. connection with,.the seventh, vested the title of the slaves, in controversy in Mrs. Wimberly, and does not confer such estate upon her and..her children as can be partitioned under the statute. — Acts-of 1855-6, page 20. What e.state the children have under the will,- or whether after-born children, if such there be, will share in this bequest; we need not inquire, as the probate court has no jurisdicr tjon of this trust estate. — See McCroan v. Pope, 17 Ala. 612; Coleman v. Camp, 36 Ala. 159; Camp v. Coleman, 36 Ala. 163; Robertson & Pettibone v. Johnston, 36 Ala. 197 ; Walthall v. Wynne and Wife, 37 Ala. 37 ; Rugely & *42Harrison v. Robinson, 10 Ala. 702 ; Nimmo v. Stewart, 21 Ala. 682; Hammond v. Nance, 1 Swanst. 35 ; Billingsley v. Harris, 17 Ala. 214; Gerald and Wife v. Bunkley, ib. 170; Shep. Dig. 344.

Reversed and remanded.

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