McKee v. Allen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Now. James Gibson, Judge. (1) Plaintiff’s Exhibits ‘O” and “P,” incomplete letters from Benoist to Mrs. Blanchard, were admissible in evidence: They were complete in so far as the topics referred to were concerned. 1 Wharton, Ev. (2 Ed.), sec. 63; 1 Grreenleaf, Ev. (13 Ed.), sec. 566; Addis v. Graham, 88 Mo. 202; Lee v. Alexander, 9 B. Mon. 25. (2) Suit in equity was appropriate proceeding to enforce claim of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Now. James Gibson, Judge. (1) Plaintiff’s Exhibits ‘O” and “P,” incomplete letters from Benoist to Mrs. Blanchard, were admissible in evidence: They were complete in so far as the topics referred to were concerned. 1 Wharton, Ev. (2 Ed.), sec. 63; 1 Grreenleaf, Ev. (13 Ed.), sec. 566; Addis v. Graham, 88 Mo. 202; Lee v. Alexander, 9 B. Mon. 25. (2) Suit in equity was appropriate proceeding to enforce claim of the plaintiff. R. S. 1899, sec. 187; Butler v. Lawson, 72 Mo. 245; Estate of Glover, 127 Mo. 164; Leeper v. Taylor, 111 Mo. 321; Tufts v. Latshaw,…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
This is a hill in equity by the administrator of the estate of Mrs. Melvina Blanchard against the administrator pendente lite of the estate of Joseph Benoist for an accounting of assets and moneys alleged to have belonged t.o Mrs. Blanchard in her life time to the amount of forty thousand dollars, which, it is charged, were entrusted to the said Benoist by Mrs. Blanchard, and of which no accounting had ever been made by said Benoist to her in her life time. Plaintiff alleges that he was appointed administrator of the estate of Mrs. Blanchard by the probate court of Jackson county,- on March…
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