Shiffer v. Birch

TMs is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Columbia County in a controversy over the disposition of certain cash and other personal property which plaintiff contended rightfully belonged to the estate of Elmer Burroughs, deceased. Plaintiff, who is one of decedent’s three daughters (who were sole heirs of the decedent) filed this action in the circuit court for Lane County against the defendants, who are the second daughter and the latter’s husband, claiming that defendants had wrongfully converted cash and other assets of the estate. She demanded double damages for the alleged…