Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Frank v. Administrator of Frank

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1872PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error to Cape Girardeau Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtBliss, Judge

The petition alleges that John A. Frank was appointed administrator of the estate of George D. Frank, father of Minna Frank; that he executed the usual administration bond, with the other defendants as1 sureties, but that by accident or mistake the bond .omitted to specify the penal sum; and plaintiffs ask for its reformation by filling the blank. The petition does not name any- specific sum which was supposed to have been inserted, nor does it allege that it was executed in blank, with authority to fill *99it up, which those interested neglected to do. The’defendants demurred, the demurrer was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Berg v. RadcliffNew York Court of Chancery · 1822

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Sweet v. OwensSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  2. Moran Bolt & Nut Manufacturing Co. v. St. Louis Car Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1908
  3. Fanning v. DoanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
  4. Henkleman v. PetersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Aetna Life Insurance v. American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1913

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