Bartlett v. Patton

BrannoN, Judge :

Jedediah W. Bartlett, administrator c. t. a. of John Ryan, ■brought assumpsit in the Circuit Court of Harrison county against John Patton, executor of Sarah Ryan, to recover the value of certain personal property which John Ryan had bequeathed for life to his widow, Sarah Ryan, and which had been in part sold and converted by her to her own' use and in part sold by her executor as part of her estate. The case was tried by a jury on the issue raised by the general issue, a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff' for $477.50, and the court, overruling a motion for a new trial,…