Legal Opinion

Poffinbarger v. Sumner

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1917No. 23,132PublishedCited by 11 opinions

From Hamilton Circuit Court; Ernest E. Cloe, Judge. Action by Charles W. Sumner against Rosella Poffinbarger. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLairy, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a will contest setting aside the will of Mary Ann Sumner, filed by appellant for probate in the Hamilton Circuit Court. At the outset the court is confronted by a motion to dismiss the appeal, which is supported by a showing that subsequent to the rendition of the judgment setting aside the will and denying it probate, and before perfecting an appeal by filing the transcript and assignment of errors in this court, appellant filed in the Hamilton Circuit Court her sworn application for the appointment of a general administrator of the estate of Mary Ann…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Galvin v. Brown & McCabeOregon Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Manlove v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Stauffer v. Salimonie Mining & Gas Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Stephens v. StephensIndiana Supreme Court · 1875
  5. Ehrman v. Astoria Railway Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1894

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