J. F. Floyd Mortuary, Inc. v. Newman

Stukes, Justice.

The wife of George F. Newman died intestate on March 14, 1948, and he engaged appellant to conduct her funeral, furnish the casket, etc., which appellant did for a total price of $648.50. The intestate owned no property except a house and a lot of the agreed value of $1,200.00 at the time of her death, subject to a mortgage upon which there was due, as of Nov. 1, 1948, $505.60. Newman was the sole heir at law and distributee of his wife and was granted letters of administration upon her estate on April 7, 1948. He qualified and filed his bond as administrator in the sum of…