Jones v. Estate of Humphreys

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Milton, J.:

The plaintiff in error was duly appointed general administrator of the estate of his mother, Jeannette Humphreys, deceased, and afterward filed in the probate court of Lyon county a claim against the said estate for the care and board of the deceased during the two years preceding her death,- and also a claim for caring for her property, consisting of three dwelling-houses in the city of Emporia, during her lifetime. The defendant Dennis Madden was appointed special administrator and a hearing had in the probate court. The claim was…