In St. LouisSt Louis Circuit, sitting as a Court of Chancery,
November Term 1841
vs.
Geo.W.CoonsGeorge W Coons .adr.oc. et al.
The exceptions taken and filed by the afore
said complainants to the
answer of Geo.W.CoonsGeorge W Coons ,
administrator of the estate of MiltonMilton Duty
deceas
ed, one of the defendants in this case:
First. For that the said Geo.W.CoonsGeorge W Coons has not set
forth in his said
answer whether or not the
said Duty, on the 26th day of October A.D. 1836,
made and published his last will
and testament nor whether the
said will
was proven before the Probate Court of WarrenWarren County
CountyWarren County , in
the State of MississippiMississippi, on the day,
in said Bill alleged - nor
whether John JJohn J Guion .
GuionJohn J Guion and David DDavid D . Gibson were the ex
ecutors named
in said will - nor whether
said executors having refused or
neglected
to qualify as such, at the time mentioned
in said Bill,
one HenryHenry Fernandes was
appointed and qualified as administrator.
Second. For that said Geo.W.CoonsGeorge W Coons has not
answered whether or not said
will of said
Duty contained the directions in regard to the
disposition of the estate of said Duty, the payment of his
debts, the
sale of certain slaves in said
will mentioned for the payment of
said
debts, nor whether said last mentioned
slaves have been sold
for that purpose
of MississippiMississippi - nor whether all of your orators
and oratrices, not otherwise disposed of,
belonging to said Duty on the
day of his death, were to be set free and
manumitted and sent to the State of MissouriMissouri
by the provisions of the said will - nor whether
the only specific legacies made by said will
are and were as is particularly specified
and set forth in said complainants Bill
of Complaint
Third. For that the said Geo.W.CoonsGeorge W Coons hath not
answered and set forth
whether or not said
Duty, in his lifetime, made one David CoonsDavid Coons
in
said Bill of Complaint mentioned, his
financial agent, and paid into
the hands
of said DavidDavid all money arising from the
hire of your
orators and oratrices, as he received
the same and also money derived
from other
sources.
Fourth. For that said Geo.W.CoonsGeorge W Coons has not
set forth in his said
answer
whether the said
Duty had any
use for money except in the pork business,
and for
his personal expenses, and whether said Duty did not execute
to said
David CoonsDavid Coons his notes or due bills for the
sum of between three and
four thousand
dollars, or the greater part thereof.
Fifth. For that the said Geo.W.CoonsGeorge W Coons has
not set forth whether or not the
said
Duty did not receive the proceeds of the
sales of his pork
sent to the South princi


