Zeller v. Griffith

Appellant filed a claim against the estate of Patrick McGrath, deceased ; the cause was tried by a jury and a verdict returned in favor of the appellee, on which judgment was entered over appellant’s motion for a new trial".

Appellant offered in evidence a return to an execution issued on a judgment rendered in favor of one James B. Wilder against the decedent. The court refused to permit it to be introduced, and exception was reserved. We do not think any available error was committed in excluding this evidence. The payment on the execution was made more than seven years before the claim was…