Adams v. Bishop

Feb 28, 1930
No. 7244
Reporters:
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Before:
Atkinson
Atkinson, J.

A devisee under a will cited the executor for a settlement before a ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‍court of ordinary. The case was appealed to the superior court, and was referred to an auditor, who made his report to which exceptions were filed, ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‍which were overruled by the judge of the superior court. To this judgment exception is taken. None of the findings or exceptions thereto are of such ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‍a character as to make it a case in equity, and the case does not involve the validity or construction of a will. Reid,, that this court has ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‍no jurisdiction of the subject-matter, the jurisdiction being in the Court of Appeals, to which the case is hereby transferred. Civil Code (1910), § 6502.

Transferred to the ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‍Oourl of Appeals.

All the Justices concur, except Russell, O. J., absent for providential cause.