Allen, West & Bush v. Nettles

The opinion of the Court w7as delivered by

Fenner, J.

Plaintiffs sued defendant as administrator of Elbert Nettles for a balance of account of $749.51. The accounts from which this balance results include sales of a large amount of cotton which was received and sold by plaintiffs and credited to defendant in ac*789count. The defendant denies that the balance claimed is due, and flies a demand in reconvention, in which he claims a judgment against plaintiffs for the proceeds of said cotton, amounting, as alleged, to more than $7000, on the ground that said proceeds are property of the succession,…