A Manual For Alabama Probate Judges

Author : John a Hitchcock
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332080397
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book A Series of Forms for Use in the Probate Courts of Alabama (Classic Reprint) written by John a Hitchcock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Series of Forms for Use in the Probate Courts of Alabama Every Probate Judge and Lawyer throughout the State, must be aware that there is a lamentable confusion and irregularity in the mode of conducting our Probate business. So universally is this the case, that I have no fear of question, when I say, that of the fifty-two Probate Courts of this State, all acting under precisely the same laws, the mode of procedure in no two of them will be found to be the same. Indeed, such is the wide dissimilarity in the practice of most of them, that it is quite probable that an inspection of their records, would be far from producing conviction upon the mind of a stranger, that they originated under, and grew out of the same laws and judicial system. The mind is naturally led to the inquiry, why is this? and the reply to the interrogatory is as promptly suggested, to the lawyer or judge of experience, as the inquiry: It is because no effort has ever been made to adopt, throughout the State, any uniform rules and system of practice for the conduct and management of Probate business; because, in this State, we have had no book of forms, composed, with special reference to the constitution of our Courts, and the various proceedings contemplated by our State laws, notwithstanding it must be evident to every Probate Judge, and to every person having business in the Court, that there is no jurisdiction, not even that of a Court of Equity, demanding more variety in its formula or more skill and care in their preparation. Especially is such the case as regards the Orders and Decrees of Court. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.