Hardung v. Green

David Hardung, plaintiff, and John F. Green, defendant, were joint executors under the will of John C. Ingle, deceased. Hardung, allegedly, had performed certain services for the deceased, and therefor timely filed a creditor’s claim against the estate for the alleged reasonable value of the services rendered in the sum of six thousand dollars. As a co-executor, defendant Green rejected plaintiff Hardung’s claim. Hardung resigned as co-executor, and brought this suit to recover on his claim against the estate.

At the trial of the lawsuit, after the close of plaintiff Hardung’s case, the…