Outlaw v. Yell
Supreme Court of Arkansas
This was an action of debt, determined in the Jefferson Circuit Court, in April, 1843, before the Hon. Isaac Baker', one of the circuit judges. Suit was instituted, in the name of (he governor, for the use of J. L. Conant & Co., on the ofiicia! bond of Medicus 11. T. Outlaw, G. T. Fanning, and Mary his wife, late Mary Fugate, as administrators, and others their securities, for the faithful administration of the estate of Joseph Fugate, deceased.
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This was an action of debt, determined in the Jefferson Circuit Court, in April, 1843, before the Hon. Isaac Baker', one of the circuit judges. Suit was instituted, in the name of (he governor, for the use of J. L. Conant & Co., on the ofiicia! bond of Medicus 11. T. Outlaw, G. T. Fanning, and Mary his wife, late Mary Fugate, as administrators, and others their securities, for the faithful administration of the estate of Joseph Fugate, deceased. The declaration alleged generally, that the administrators failed (o make proper inventory of the estate, and failed to pay debts, and particularly a…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sebastian, J.
The proceedings below, are very voluminous, and subsequent to the declaration, entitled to no consideration, under the view we take of the question really presented by the pleadings. The demurrer by the plaintiffs to the twelve pleas of the defendants, was sustained as to all except two of them, and necessarily raises the question, as to whether the plaintiff’s declaration is good in substance, and whether a valid judgment can be given upon the facts as therein pleaded. It has been considered by this court, that a demurrer which, by relation, reaches back to previous…
2Cited by5 opinions
- Shofner, Administrator v. JonesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1940
- Statham v. BrookeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Yell ex rel. Conant & Co. v. OutlawSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1854
- Gordon v. State ex rel. WallaceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1850
- State ex rel. Wallace v. RitterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1848