Walker v. Craig
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was commenced at the October term of the Fulton County Circuit Court, 1855, by William Craig, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Hiram Wentworth, deceased, and William Wentworth, heir at law of the said Hiram Wentworth, who filed their bill in chancery against George N. Walker and others, setting forth the facts that one Albert E. Wentworth was, on the 24th day of May, 1854, appointed administrator of the estate of Hiram Wentworth, then lately deceased,…
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This cause was commenced at the October term of the Fulton County Circuit Court, 1855, by William Craig, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Hiram Wentworth, deceased, and William Wentworth, heir at law of the said Hiram Wentworth, who filed their bill in chancery against George N. Walker and others, setting forth the facts that one Albert E. Wentworth was, on the 24th day of May, 1854, appointed administrator of the estate of Hiram Wentworth, then lately deceased, of said County of Fulton, by the county court of said county, which court had jurisdiction, etc. That the said Albert E.…
1Opinion of the CourtScates, C. J.
The question presented is, whether an administrator can-legally sell and assign a negotiable note, taken by him for personal property of the estate, sold by him; and before the note falls due, .where there is no fraud in the assignee ; and whether the payment, in full, of an allowance to the assignee, within a year of taking out letters, and without an order for payment, by way of discount or deduction from the sum due for the note, will be good and maintainable, on behalf of the assignee.
The agreed facts show that, while plaintiffs knew the note was given for property of the estate, and that…
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