Huycke v. Kramer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to recover a money judgment against Rachel R. Kramer for an indebtedness owed by her father, the late W. J. Grist, of Jefferson county.

Plaintiffs’ theory of the action was based on the assumption that Rachel had possessed herself of certain assets of her father’s estate at his death and converted them to her own use, and was liable in consequence for his indebtedness to plaintiffs to the extent of the assets she had thus obtained which had belonged to her father.

Plaintiffs alleged that they were partners in the lumber and…