Woodburn's Administrator v. Stout

— The only question presented to this court is as to the sufficiency of the complaint. It shows (if we allow implications in its favor which may be of questionable admissibility) that the plaintiff Stout was indebted, in 1864, to the estate of one Daniel Stout, deceased, of which Woodburn was administrator; that he paid sixty dollars to the widow of Daniel upon the written order of Woodburn, as such administrator; that subsequently he paid to Woodburn the whole of his indebtedness, not deducting the amount paid upon the order, which he was not then able to produce, having lost it; it being…