State ex rel. Hempstead v. Coste

The same question is presented here that was passed on by this court in the case of Hempstead v. Hempstead’s Adm’r et al., (32 Mo. p. 134.) There, the suit was against the administrator Wilson, and judgment was given for the plaintiff in the Circuit Court; but that was reversed by this court, and final judgment entered for the administrator.

An attempt is now made to charge the securities on the administration bond, for what this court has heretofore determined the administrator was not liable. It is contended that the former judgment constitutes no bar or estoppel in this cause, because the…