Booker v. Armstrong
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. — How. Titeo. Brace, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to credit the estate of Wm. Booker, late executor of Grrove, with the amount charged on the inventory on account of the Pogue note.
Read the full summary
Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. — How. Titeo. Brace, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to credit the estate of Wm. Booker, late executor of Grrove, with the amount charged on the inventory on account of the Pogue note. (2) If the estate of the executor is chargeable on account of the Pogue note, it is only by reason ■of the Wardlaw deed of trust, and is chargeable only with what a sale under said deed, made within a reason;able time after the deed came to the hands of the executor, would, under all the circumstances, have realized ■on the note. (3) The transfer of the note to Lakenan,…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
Jacob E. Grove died testate in 1867, and William Booker qualified as executor in October of that year, and continued to act as the executor of the Grove will until Ms death in 1878, a period of ten years and some months. During all this time, there was a suit pending in the courts in which the validity of the will was contested. Samuel F.- Booker took out letters of *56administration on the estate of William Booker in April, 1878; and at the same time R. F. Lakenan was appointed administrator of the Grove estate, pending the will contest. On the 15th of July, 1879, Samuel F. Booker, as…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cape Girardeau County ex rel. Road & Canal Fund v. HarbisonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- State ex rel. Collins v. DulleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Williams v. Heirs of PettigrewSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Scott v. CrewsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Fudge v. DurnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by23 opinions
- Howard v. StrodeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Fitzgerald v. FlanaganSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
- Myers v. MyersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
- Orr v. RodeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Ivy v. YanceySupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
18 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.