Sellers v. Smith

This cause originated before a justice of the peace at the suit of the defendant in error, and was removed by appeal to the county court. The amount in controversy being less than twenty dollars, the proof was addressed to the court, and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff below for $15 36. It was proved that the plaintiff had paid to the defendant that amount for the benefit of his ward, over and above what was due to the ward from an estate of which he was an heir and distributee, and the plaintiff, the administrator. The plaintiff had made a final settlement of his administration,…