Supreme Court of Alabama, 1886

McMullen v. Brazelton

McMullen v. Brazelton
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided December 15, 1886 · Clopton
81 Ala. 442

McMullen v. Brazelton

Opinion of the Court

CLOPTON, J.-

— This is a proceeding in the Probate Court to make a final settlement of the administration of the estate of Margaret Brazelton, and distribution among her distributees. The record shows, that Susan Hannah, one of the distributees, had died after the death of the intestate, who was her mother. Her personal representative was not made a party to the proceeding, and her distributive share was divided between her husband and three children, for which decrees were rendered in their favor. From the organization of the Probate Court, it has been uniformly ruled, that a decree on the final settlement of an estate is erroneous, if any of the distributees die after the death of the intestate, and their personal representatives are not brought before the court. And advantage may be *443taken of the omission in this court, though no objection was made thereto in the Probate Court, the representative of the deceased distributee being an indispensable party. McComico v. Cannon, 25 Ala. 462; Boyett v. Kerr, 7 Ala. 9; Hall v. Andrews, 17 Ala. 40 ; Thomas v. Dumas, 30 Ala. 83.

Beversed and remanded.

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