Shannon's heirs v. Dillon

Junes Breck

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a bill in chancery filed by Dillon against the heirs and widow of Samuel Shannon, seeking the recovery of a note for $33, which he alledged had been executed to him by said Samuel, for a valuable consideration, and which remained w'holly unpaid. That a few years after the execution of said note, which bears date in 1829, said Shannon departed this life intestate; that administration was granted upon his estate in 1834, but the administrator died in 1835, and that no administration had since been granted; that no return or settlement was…