Young v. Scott

This was an action brought by the plaintiff in error as administrator de bonis non of the estate of C. C. Olney, deceased, against Walter Scott, the principal defendant in error, a preceding administrator of the estate, and his sureties on his bond, to recover money of the estate which it was alleged remained unaccounted for. The first petition filed in the case charged as in tort the misappropriation and conversion of the moneys in question, itemizing them in detail, and concluded with a prayer for judgment for the aggregate amount. Various amendments to this petition were made and two new…