Sullivan v. Horner

The Ordinary.

The subject presented for adjudication is a claim of James S. Coleman against the estate for the funeral expenses of the intestate, Moses W. Stoll, and his wife and child. Stoll died on the 7th of February, 1882, at Waco, in Texas, whither he had gone from Matawan, in this state, to engage in the construction of a railroad there. His residence was in Matawan. His stay in Texas was to be merely temporary. He intended to return to Matawan. He and his wife and child were all killed at the same time, in a collision on a railroad. Coleman ordered and paid for the funeral. The bodies…