Leland v. Johnson

L. D. Leland died on February 21,1937. Under his will, his widow, Bessie D. Leland, appellant herein, was appointed executrix and she qualified as such. On May 25, 1937, she filed a claim against the estate for $4,016.67, with interest from the first day of February, 1937, for money invested by her in the business conducted by the decedent under the firm name and style of L. D. Leland & Son, alleging that said money had been the personal and private property of appellant, and had been loaned to the decedent on the oral promise of the decedent to repay her said sum. On the same day that the…