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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
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and appraisement may be given in evidence in any suit, by or
against the executor or administrator; but shall not be conclusive
for or against him, if it be shown that the estate was really worth,
or was, bona fide, sold for more or less than the appraisement.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That where the effects, whether
real or personal, of the deceased be in different counties, the Court
of Probate granting letters testamentary, or of administration, shall
order appraisement, and appoint appraisers in each; and the said
appointment, when made and sworn to by the appraisers and executor,
or administrator, (as the case may be,) shall be transmitted
to the Court of Probate where the will was recorded, or administration
granted; and every executor or administrator shall, upon
oath, be bound to produce and show to the appraisers appointed by
the Court for that purpose, or a majority of them, all, and singular,
the goods and chattels of the said testator, or intestate, which has
come into their or either of their hands, possession, or knowledge;
and he shall, also, in a like manner point out and exhibit to the
said appraisers all, and singular, the.lands and land claims belonging
to the defendant; and he shall cause to be made, a true and
just appraisement and inventory, upon oath, of all, and singular,
the lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods and chattels, rights and
credits, of the said testator, or intestate, together with a list or
schedule of the books of account of such testator or intestate, with
the number of pages in each book-to which books, all parties concerned
shall have, at all convenient times, free access; and every
such executor and administrator shall be chargeable with so much
of the said credits only as he shall, after due and proper diligence,
recover and receive.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That if there be, in the estate
of the deceased, effects, whether real or personal, which belong entirely
to the deceased, and others which belong to him in part only,
this distinction must be made in the inventory; and especially the
distinction between the separate property of the decedent and
that held in common with a surviving husband or wife, (as the
case may be.)
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That no formalities, except those
required by this law, shall be necessary to make a valid inventory;
and all guardians of infants, idiots, lunatics, and persons non compos
mentis, shall be required, by the Judge of the Probate Court
granting letters of guardianship, to make an appraisement and inventory
of the estates of persons committed to their charge, in the
same manner that inventories of the estates of deceased persons
are required, by this act to be made.19-VOL. II.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/293/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .