Valentine v. Richardt

This is an action for the recovery of a judgment against the defendant for money and other personal property alleged to have been fraudulently obtained from the mother of the plaintiff by the defendant. It is true the complaint demands an accounting, but that prayer is unnecessary and immaterial, and the action is based upon the fraudulent obtainment of the money and personal property from the deceased woman. The claim has been assigned to the plaintiff by the administrators of the deceased, and he is in a position to maintain the action. An order of arrest was granted against the defendant,…