Ruffin v. Farmer

Appellee, as administrator of John F. Plasters, deceased, commenced these proceedings by petition in the county court of Jackson county, against the estate of Jane Bicharts, deceased, to recover the amount of a legacy of $200 bequeathed to Plasters by the last will and testament of Jane Bicharts. The claim was allowed, and the cause appealed to the circuit court of that county, where it was tried before the court and a jury, with the same result. Bespondent appealed to this court.

It appears that Jane Bicharts died testate in September, 1860, and, at the following December term of the county…