Parks v. Crippin-Norris

This action was brought by the administrator of the estate of Thomas Crippin, deceased, to recover the value of certain personal property, which it is claimed the defendant,, the widow of the deceased, reduced to her possession and converted to her own use. Mr. Crippin died August 6, 1886, and the plaintiff was appointed administrator August 1, 1892. The suit was commenced by summons issued September 19, 1892.

*72It appears that Mr. Crippin and his wife, prior to Crippin's death, lived upon, and owned as tenants by the entirety, a farm of about 130 acres in Van Buren county. Upon the farm, at the…