Stapp v. Messeke

Bicknell, C. C.

Bertha Snider, in April, 1878, filed a claim against the estate of Hugh Snider, deceased. The appellants, the administrators of said estate, appeared and treated the claim as a complaint, and each of its three items as a separate paragraph, and they filed separate demurrers to each paragraph for want of facts sufficient, which demurrers were overruled. In 1881, the death of the claimant was suggested, and the appellee, Charles F. Messeke, her executor, was substituted as claimant.

In May, 1883, the parties appeared and the claim was submitted for trial to the court, who allowed…