In Re Crane's Estate

I refer to the claimant herein as the plaintiff and to the administrator as the defendant.

The result of this decision is compounded confusion.

The confusion rests on two premises. The first is a failure to analyze and find the reason of a rule of law as a guide to its application. The second is a failure to confine the scope of the decision to the issue presented.

In the third full paragraph of the opinion the court states the plaintiff’s claim is one based on the conversion of stocks and cash by deceased in her lifetime. The value of the property converted is claimed to be $2,-204.28, being…