Spradling v. Conway
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error\ to St. Francois Circuit Court. At the time this suit in the Probate Court was brought, Mrs. Orten her husband and Mrs. Conway, children of deceased, Spradling, were all dead, and the design of the petition was to make the children of Mrs. Orten and the children and grandchildren of Mrs. Conway, grand and great-grandchildren of said Spradling, account for advancements which it was alleged their respective mothers had received in the lifetime of William Spradling. cited…
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Error\ to St. Francois Circuit Court. At the time this suit in the Probate Court was brought, Mrs. Orten her husband and Mrs. Conway, children of deceased, Spradling, were all dead, and the design of the petition was to make the children of Mrs. Orten and the children and grandchildren of Mrs. Conway, grand and great-grandchildren of said Spradling, account for advancements which it was alleged their respective mothers had received in the lifetime of William Spradling. cited in argument Herman’s Law of Estoppel, §§ 79, 86, 98 ; 1 Greenl. Ev.,"§§ 529, 530; Lawrence v. Hunt, 10 Wend. 80; Wood…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, Judge
This was a proceeding commenced in the Probate Court of St. Francois county for distribution of the estate of William Spradling among his distributees. It was alleged that certain of the distributees, being grandchildren of the deceased, had through their ancestors received advancements, and it was asked that these advancements should be accounted for as so much to be deducted from the shares of the parties who received them. The alleged advancements were disregarded by the Probate Court, and the plaintiffs appealed to the Circuit Court; the Circuit Court disregarded the advancements, and the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wright v. SalisburySupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Bell v. HoaglandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1852
- Wells v. MooreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- Clemens v. MurphySupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
3Cited by19 opinions
- Lynn v. HookadaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Hickerson v. City of MexicoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- City of St. Joseph v. Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Nelson v. BarnettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Stillwell v. PattonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
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