McCallister's Administrator v. Stanley

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner —

Affirming.

The Farmers’ Bank & Trust Company brought suit against itself, as administrator with the will annexed of Mrs. McCallister, H. M. Sthilley and others, to recover on certain notes alleged to have been executed to it by Mrs. McCallister and Stanley. Stanley filed an answer, counterclaim and set-off, pleading that he was principal on one of the notes, and surety for his mother on the other . notes. He further alleged that Mrs. McCallister owned, at the time of her death, a diamond brooch worth $4,000.00, and that the…