Billings v. Tile State

The information charges that the appellant forged the name of Louis C. Morgan, deceased, to an instrument purporting to be a promissory note; that the forgery was committed after his death, and was committed for the purpose of defrauding the estate of Louis C. Morgan.

'• The objection urged against this information is, that it «does not aver that the forgery was committed with the intent to defraud any person. The reason advanced in support of this proposition is, that the law does not regard the estate of a decedent as a person. This contention can not prevail. The estate of a decedent is a…