City of Springfield v. Clement

The plaintiff instituted this suit in the Circuit Court of Greene County, to subject un-disposed-of property, both real and personal, in the' hands of certain devisees and legatees under the will of Otis L. Milligan, to the payment of a certain claim of the city of Springfield, claimed to have accrued to said city after the administration of said estate had been closed, the assets distributed and the executors discharged.

Each and all of the' defendants filed separate demurrers to the. petition, which were by the court sustained, and the plaintiff declining to plead further, thereupon the…