Skinner v. Skinner's Executors

This cause originated in the probate court of Montgomery county, where the plaintiff had judgment, from which the defendants appealed to the circuit court of that county, where, on a trial anew, the plaintiff again had judgment, from which the defendants have appealed to this court,

The proceeding in the probate court was to obtain judgment and classification against the estate of Francis Skinner, deceased, of the following claim, in favor of Lucinda Skinner, the respondent, to-wit:

“ $4,000. High Hill, Mo., May 6th, 1868.

I promise to pay, twelve months after my death, to Lucinda Peery $4,000,…