S. H. Scrudder vs. Annie Walker

1895

S. H. Scrudder  Admr.  et al}           No 7335
                Vs                         }
Annie Walker         et al       }

Final Decree - volume W5  #127    pages 640 - 643

Be it remembered that this cause came on to be heard before Chancellor T. M.
McConnel on this 1 day of May 1895 upon the pleadings exhibits and proof in
the course from all of which it appears that complainant S. H. Schrudder as
the administrator of the estate of Harmon Schrudder deceased sold and
conveyed to complainant Mrs. Maude H. Fox subject to the ratification and
confirmation of the Chancery Court of Hamilton County Tennessee for the
price of $175.00 the following described real estate on Walden's Ridge in
the (?)16th Civil District  of Hamilton County Tennessee described as
follows.  Beginning on a stone comes to a five acre tract of land bought by
F. M. Gardinhire (?) of A. M. Rogers:  then south 47° east 10 rods on 165
feet: thence north 36° east 244 feet (which is twenty feet less than an acre
to be left for a road and so stated in title land) to a stone: thence north
47°  west ten rods or 165 feet to a stake thence south 36° west 244 feet to
the beginning containing 40.260 square feet to which tract or parcel of land
the widow and the heirs of said Harmon Schrudder who are of age have made a
deed to the said Maude H. Fox.  That the estate of Harmon Schrudder was
indebted at the time of his death in the sum of $90.00 by a promissory note
to one Lewis Green and also a note for $70.00 to J. H. McLean besides their
small debts amounting in the aggregate to about $40.00 and the cost of the
administration of said estate and it appearing that there is no personal
property belonging to said estate, no reference will be had for that
purpose, but that said land is the only estate of the said Harmon Schrudder
left and that it is liable for the payment of his debts and will have to be
sold for that purpose.  And it further appearing from the proof on file that
the said sum of $175.00 the amount proposed to be given for said land or
parcel of ground by the said Maude H. Fox and for which the administrator
sold the same to her is the fair value of said land and is as much or more
than it would bring if sold by the Master _ __ _ _ _ _  a decree of sale for
the purpose of paying the debts of the estate of the said Harmon Schrudder
and that it is to the best interest of the minor defendants as well as the
other heirs of the said Harmon Schrudder deceased that said sale be ratified
and confirmed by the court.
   It is ordered and decreed that said sale of the said described lot or
parcel of ground by the Administrator, S. H. Schrudder to Maude H. Fox for
the said sum of $175.00 and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed by the
Court and that all the rights, title, and interest of S. H Schrudder
Administrator of said estate and of Annie Walker, formerly Annie Picket and
Husband W. T.  Walker, Bethene Picket, Kate Picket, John Picket, Mamie
Picket, and Mary Picket the children of John and Archie Picket deceased and
the heirs at law of the said Harmon Schrudder as the children of his
daughter the said Archie Picket deceased be and the same is hereby divested
out of them and each of them and rested in the said Maude H. Fox in fee
simple subject to a lien for the said sum of ___________  ____  ____
_______  of same that may remain unpaid.  The cost of this cause will be
paid by the Administrator S. H. Schrudder and his security for which
execution may issue, but he will _____  himself out of the fund arising from
the sale of said land _________ paid into his hand by the said Maude H. Fox.
    Said fund is also charged with the fee of $5.00 to Oscar T.  __________
guardian ad litem(?)  of the minor defendants which the said S.H. Schrudder
will pay after discharging the costs of his cause ________  application
therefore upon the payment of the legal fees the Master will give to the
said Maude H. Fox a certified copy of this decree as a ___________ of title
for registration.

State of Tennessee}  J.B. Ragan Clerk and
Hamilton County  }  Master of the Chancery Court
                                   of said county hereby
certify that the foregoing is a fully true and perfect copy of Final Decree
rendered by said Court in the above styled cause on the 1 day of May 1895 as
the cause remains of record in my office and this is issued for
registrations as a ___________  of title.
  Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at office in the City of
Chattanooga Tennessee

Photocopied from microfilm at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library Microfilm 976.882   HAM Roll #169 Hamilton Co. Deeds Volume W5  #127 X5  #128 1894 - 1895 

Transcribed by Mary Stephens Scrudder 17 November 2001

Submitted by Mary Scrudder
mscrudder@austin.rr.com