Bristow v. McClelland

On the 4th day of April, 1885, the appellant, as administrator of the estate of Williamson Farrar, deceased, filed a petition in the CRnton Circuit Court praying for an order to settle the estate, represented by him, as insolvent. The appellee and others, creditors of said estate, resisted the granting of such order, upon the alleged ground that the estate was solvent, and filed an answer charging that the appellant had wasted the estate and had taken credit, in his reports, for a large sum on false and fraudulent vouchers.

Pending these proceedings the court entered an order requiring the…