Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-01
THE COURTS.


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suPRENE CoURT OF rus UNfrHD sTATEa-
VsdnsidsN January q, lsIa-On motion o. , MT.
MIA, was admitted 10 practice as an attorney aud
counsellor Of this court.
No. lg7. Hlbornla Armstrong, appellant, W,
The United states III. sause vas saemit'e ~
counsel for the appellant and by Mr.. Solicitor
General BIistow for the appollocs
No. "a Truman q. Wright, appellant, vs.. AL:
exandor N. Fullerton. This cause was argued
by Mr.. J, II. Doollttle, Of counsel for the appel.
liant, and BY Mr.. " Beckwlth for the appellee,
=. 10; "a Horam Q; Alden, plaintiff IN error, W.
gument Of this cause was commenced by Mr..
error, aud concluded ~ Mr.. NJ =. KHowitoh foi
Adjourned until tomorrow morning at II
spPREME UouRr OF rHE DISTRICT or Co.
LuNBiA.-Thls court was engaged as follows
yesterday, the chioi justice and Justices Wylle,
Olln and Humphreys PRESENT.
n n estate Of n. Ames Appeal from reyo-
cation Of letters OF administration, Mr.. Arriok
continuing his argument, using the following
/. IT'S maintained that whenever there a'o
nrscts and debts duo by the decedcnt In juris.
dlctlon othcr than the domicll, administration
may bo had, and that the rule OF dis, rlbutlon In
regard 10 creditors Is TO DO drawn irom the laws
VI such Jurisdiction, and not tho laws Of the
domleiL Tho administrator at the domicil Of
NWN htNNhtuN Nhn NANN no kNhAAoI NNutNul NNtI
assets IN tho District Of Columbia, as against
creditors, than the dccedent himself had. 3,
Where the creditor Of tue dooedont has valid
lion upon funialtuatc In the District Of Colum.
bIn, otupon the proceeds o. a claim payable there,
tho giant of Capitalization is lndlsponsable.
Z. by the laws Of Connecticut, as we'll As Of tho
District Of Columbia, tho widow 4 entitled TO
administer on tho cstate OF her husband, In pref.
efonco TO any other person. 8. rhis court has
power, upon the petition Of the lawful admins.
traitor at the dotnicll 0 the deceased, TO grant
nnelllarY letters Of admins ration 10 this Dis.
trict. .. Having exercised that power lawfully,
u could not, for the causes assigned, revoke such
letters. 4 Tho court OF probate for the District
granted administration to the widow, ber letters
could be revoked only. 8. The pre- ended letters
Of administration to Oliver Amcs, granted by
I the Judge Or probate for tho district Of Sharon
are \ moto nulllty, utterly ami absolutely void.
Q, by the laws 81 Connecticut, In the case un.
| der confederation, tho iudg' probate for the
~ ss sD s SsG e. 10 Of y
I until the order appointing his widow had Ieen
! yaeaioi by an appeal 10 No such appeal hay.
Ing boon taken, Mrs. Ames was, at the granting
ofhnelll1ry letters TO her In this District, aud
SIN continues 10 he, the lawful administrators
/ o! sltl ts ate At the dOmiclL
After some suggestions from Mr.. Hcnkle--
| Mt Stanton urged that the petition on which
| o ADMINISTRATION was grated 10 the appellants
Gid not disclose that naturalization with will
annexed had beeu granted BY the court, at ths
dumlcil Of tho decedont TO Oliver Ames, The
present Hppellee. II merely stated, rs the re
suit Of judicial proceeding 10 respect to the
principal allministratlon, that Standardization
granted at the dOmioil to Charlotte L. Amos
had been revoked, leaving, as It were, no gran
/ OF administration anywhere existing. Admin
istrntlon here was accordingly conferred on the
appellants upon an Incomplete and erroneous
Z. There being principal administration upoi
the estate OF lt1rAtlo Amcs administration here
lrgrantei ceuld be but MISUNDERSTANDING
| 3. hut ancIIlaTy administration can DO re