Stanbrough v. Garrett

This is an action brought by the administrator of the estate of Jesse Harper against the estate of the late J. M. Faulk, to recover the sum of five hundred dollars,, alleged to have been placed in his hands by the plaintiff’s intestate, and which he alleges was not employed according to his instructions.

The defendant pleads that Jesse Harper’s estate is indebted to' that of Faulk, administered by him, for monies advanced by him in the purchase of public lands, and for his services in purchasing and • locating floats, in the sum of $550, which he pleads in compensation and reconvention, and he…