Vastine v. Dinan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Si. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action originally commenced in the Probate Court o£ St. Louis county, under Section 67, article I., o£ an act concerning executors and administrators (R. C. 1855, p. 126; Gen. Stat. 1865, p. 487, § 68), and thence appealed to the Circuit Court. John Shannon died in April, 1861, and thereupon his brother Joseph became his administrator, the appellants becoming securities on the administrator’s bond.
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Appeal from Si. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action originally commenced in the Probate Court o£ St. Louis county, under Section 67, article I., o£ an act concerning executors and administrators (R. C. 1855, p. 126; Gen. Stat. 1865, p. 487, § 68), and thence appealed to the Circuit Court. John Shannon died in April, 1861, and thereupon his brother Joseph became his administrator, the appellants becoming securities on the administrator’s bond. Joseph Shannon died in October following, and before the time of making his first annual settlement. The respondent took charge of John Shannon’s…
1Opinion of the CourtWasher, Judge
This was an action brought on an administrator’s bond, made by one Joseph Shannon as principal and the appellants as securities. It appears that John Shannon died in the spring of 1861, leaving certain property and personal effects in the city of St. Louis, and that his only heirs at law were his brother, Joseph Shannon, and a couple of children of a deceased brother. Joseph ■Shannon obtained letters of administration from the Probate Court, and administered on the estate, the appellants being sureties on his bond. After reducing the assets into possession, Joseph died, in the fall of 1861,…
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