Smith v. Baxter

A decree was rendered by the circuit court finding that certain personal property in the possession of plaintiff in error was in fact the property of complainant’s intestate. It is averred in the bill that Harry H. Hardesty at his death had money invested in real estate located at Nauvoo, and other property consisting of certificates of deposit, issued by a bank for money belonging, to him at the time of his death, on deposit in the State Bank at Nauvoo. It is charged that defendant had in her possession a large amount of money which had been intrusted to her by Hardesty for investment for…