Parris' Adm'r v. John W. Manning & Sons

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

Tbe appeal involves liability of the estate of Mrs. Rebecca Parris, deceased, on a note for $1,000, executed to ber husband, James M. Parris. It is incident to the settlement of her estate. The ultimate issues were and now are whether the note was given for a consideration or whether the husband' should be denied judgment because of the stigma of seeking equity with unclean hands. Other defenses are not presented on the appeal.

When the parties were married in 1926, the deceased had been a widow for about thirteen years and had two married…