Adams v. Adams' Administrator

Atkinson, administrator of James Adams, deceased, sued James Adams, senior, father of said deceased, on the common counts, for work and labor, money paid, property sold, etc. Adams, the defendant, answered by general denial and by way of set-off, averring demands against the deceased. The pleadings seem to have arrayed all the respective demands of the parties, so that the verdict and judgment in the case closed all pecuniary controversies between them.

The material facts in the case, as shown in evidence, are these.

James Adams, senior, was located in Clinton township, Cass county, Indiana,…