McClelland v. Bristow

The facts in this case are substantially as follows:

In March, 1877, the appellee was duly appointed as administrator of the estate of Williamson Farrar, deceased, by the Clinton Circuit Court, and having qualified, proceeded to settle said estate; that he received, as such administrator, the sum of $6,727.24.

In April, 1885, the appellee filed his petition asking to be allowed to settle said estate as insolvent. The appellant, together with the other creditors, resisted the granting of the petition, charging that the estate was solvent, but that the appellee had taken credit in his reports for…