Williams v. McCardell

Citations

• 14 S.C. 219
• 1880 S.C. LEXIS 118

Syllabus

<p>1. In the settlement of an estate by the Court of Probate, a decree declaring that one of the distributees has been overpaid, should be accompanied by a statement of the accounts, showing how such result has been reached.</p> <p>2. Where a distributee receives from the administratrix more than his share of the personal estate of his ancestor, and then dies, his interest in the ancestor’s real estate cannot be exclusively subjected to the repayment of such excess, but must be applied to the payment of all his debts owing at the time of his death, including' such overpayment, in the order prescribed by statute.</p>