Carter v. Engles

On the twenty-fourth of August, 1877, James A. Carter, as administrator of the estate of Robert B. Engles, deceased, presented a petition to the probate court of Independence county, stating, in substance:

That no personal assets of said estate had ever been discovered by him, or come to his hands.

That there had been allowed against said estate, and classed in the fourth class, by said probate court, November 2, 1875, a claim in favor of Henry C. Smith, upon two promissory notes amounting to $259.93, to bear interest at 10 per cent., etc.

Also a claim in favor of said Smith, upon a judgment…