Legal Opinion
W. A. Robison, Administrator of the Estate of Bertha Jensen, Also Called Bertha D. Jensen v. Guy Jones, and Myrtle Jones, Husband and Wife
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 15, 1958No. 15990_1PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment for the defendants (appellees) in an action brought against them by the administrator of the estate of Bertha Jensen, deceased, on December 20, 1957, to recover $4,000 allegedly loaned by her to them during the summer of 1954. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship and amount in controversy.
After denying, in their answer, any indebtedness for money loaned them by Bertha Jensen, the defendants asserted that the plaintiff’s claim or cause of action was barred by Arkansas law, since at the time of the death of Bertha…
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