Sussman v. Mentzer

Joseph Sussman, the plaintiff in this action, sued Elizabeth E. Mentzer, as executrix of the will of the late Theodore F. Mentzer, claiming that defendant’s testator had converted certain property belonging to the plaintiff, to plaintiff’s damage in the sum of $465. It was admitted by the answer that a claim had been filed in the estate and rejected. The other material allegations of plaintiff’s complaint were denied in defendant’s answer. The cause came on regularly for trial before the court, sitting without a jury, and at the close of plaintiff’s case, the defendant moved for a nonsuit,…