Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Ranney v. Green

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1877PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Error to Scott Circuit Court.—IIon. D. L. Hawkins Judge. Dodson v. Scroggs, 47 Mo. 287; State v. Matson, 38 Mo. 489; Post v. Caulk, 3 Mo. 35 ; Frye v. Kimball, 16 Mo. 9.

1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.

This is a suit brought for the use of John PI. Ranney as administrator de bonis non of the estate of Harriet Williams, upon the bond of defendant Green as former administrator of said estate. It is objected here that the petition is insufficient to support any judgment in favor of plaintiff because it does not allege that defendant Green had ever been appointed administrator of said estate, and because it alleges that Alexander Waugh was a co-administrator with defendant and does not allege that the letters of said Waugh had ever been revoked. The petition nowhere alleges in terms the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State ex rel. Rucker v. RuckerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875

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  1. Burns v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883

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