Ryan v. Jones

This was an action of debt brought by Ryan against John T. Jones, as executor and devisee of Michael Jones. The declaration averred that the defendant was the executor of Michael Jones, and the devisee of certain real estate fraudulently devised to him by Michael Jones; and alleged the making of certain promissory notes by Michael Jones to the Bank of Illinois, and the assignment thereof to the plaintiff; and assigned for breach that the same were not paid by Michael Jones in his lifetime, nor by the defendant since his decease. The court held that the action could not be maintained against…