Egbert v. Mercer

Milton Mercer filed a complaint in the Elkhart Circuit Court, in which he alleged, “ that on the 21st day of March, 1872, one Samuel H. Kinsey obtained, in the Elkhart Circuit Court, a judgment against him for $742.50 and costs; that a portion of said judgment is still unpaid; that on the 2d day of April, 1873, said Kinsey died, leaving a widow, unpaid debts and an unsettled estate; that he died testate, leaving a will in which he made divers large bequests; that on the 10th day of November, 1873, Rush M. Johnson, pretending to be the attorney of said Kinsey, deceased, caused a pretended…