Moseley v. Ricks

It appears from the record that Moseley, executrix of the estate of La Var, contended that the appellant was indebted to her in her representative capacity for moneys alleged to have been wrongfully obtained by appellant from La Var during his lifetime. It appears, too, that an action had been brought in the courts of Illinois by the decedent in his lifetime to recover this money, but for some reasons not disclosed that cause was dismissed. Thereafter the action out of which this appeal arises was started in Polk county. Appellee argues that, because the action in Illinois which appellant…