Criddle's Administrator v. Criddle
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. This was an action brought by the administrator of William S. Griddle, to recover the value of a female slave, alleged to have belonged to the estate of his intestate, and to- have been-converted by the defendant.
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Appeal from Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. This was an action brought by the administrator of William S. Griddle, to recover the value of a female slave, alleged to have belonged to the estate of his intestate, and to- have been-converted by the defendant. At the trial before a jury, it appeared in evidence that the slave originally belonged to the defendant, the father of the plaintiff’s intestate, but had been in possession of the plaintiff’s intestate more than five years before his death. The plaintiff offered to prove the declarations of his intestate while in possession of the slave as…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
1. We see no error in the trial of this cause. The loan of the slave by the defendant to his son may have been fraudulent as to the creditors of the son, and as to them, the son’s title to the slave may have been valid in law. But if the transaction was a loan between the defendant and his son, it still continued one, and the administrator of the son had no title to the slave as against the defendant. If the creditors of the son have been defrauded by a pretended loan, their remedy is against the defendant as executor de son tort of his son. The 5th instruction complained of was intended to…
2Cited by10 opinions
- Roebke v. AndrewsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
- Davidson v. DockerySupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- Pantz v. NelsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1939
- Worley ex rel. Standley v. WatsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1886
- Diel v. StegnerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
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