Sheldon v. Hoy
New York Supreme Court
Johnson, Welles, and T. R. Strong, Justices. Appeal from order at special term overruling a demurrer. The amended complaint in this action was as follows :— “ Monroe County, ss :—Stephen S. Sheldon, administrator of the goods, chattels, and credits of Job Phelps, late of Clark-son, deceased, plaintiff in this action, complains of James Hoy, defendant in this action, for this, to wit: That on the first day of September, 1851, at the town of Clarkson, in the county of Monroe,…
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Johnson, Welles, and T. R. Strong, Justices. Appeal from order at special term overruling a demurrer. The amended complaint in this action was as follows :— “ Monroe County, ss :—Stephen S. Sheldon, administrator of the goods, chattels, and credits of Job Phelps, late of Clark-son, deceased, plaintiff in this action, complains of James Hoy, defendant in this action, for this, to wit: That on the first day of September, 1851, at the town of Clarkson, in the county of Monroe, Job Phelps, deceased, was possessed, as of his own property, of one bay horse-colt, of the age of four or five years…
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Justice.
By the court
The objections relied upon by the defendant’s counsel are those stated in the first, second, and fifth grounds of demurrer.
The first count is for a conversion of the property during the lifetime of the intestate, and the plaintiff can maintain the action for that cause in a representative capacity only. It is Conclusively settled by authority, that a complaint commencing like the present, and containing no other allegations or statement. of fact of the plaintiff’s appointment, does not allege that he is an administrator, or show that he prosecutes in that…
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