King v. Pons

— This is a suit in equity to subject the estate of Manette Marsons in the hands of the present administrator to the payment of a debt for services rendered by the complainant to a former administrator of the estate for the benefit of the estate.

Manette Marsons had a claim against the United States Government for supplies furnished to the military forces of the United States during the war between the States. She died in the year 1883, owing no debts whatever, and before presenting the claim for allowance.

The bill alleges that sixteen years later her heirs employed the complainants, who are…