Reish v. Reynolds

The complaint in this case was in two paragraphs:

The first averred the death of Henry Bowman and the appointment of Alfred W. Reynolds, the plaintiff, as his administrator ; that, at the time of Bowman’s death, the defendant, Emanuel Reish, was in the possession of a sum of money and certain promissory notes belonging to him, said Bowman, of the value of one thousand dollars ; that the defendant had, since the plaintiff's appointment as such administrator, not only failed and refused to pay over said money and to account for said *562promissory notes, but had converted the same to his own use.…