Cloud v. Wiley

The facts necessary to a proper understanding of the questions of law to be considered, are :

That Wiley and Lawrence presented a claim against the •estate of Harden M. Prior, to Cloud, the administrator, for his approval and allowance, which he refused to allow, but waived the regular notice and appeared at the October term, 1866, of the probate court for Clark county, in which a trial was had, and the court, after hearing evidence, rendered judgment in favor of the claimants, Wiley and Lawrence, from which an appeal was prayed by Cloud and granted, and a transcript sent to tbe circuit court…