Moore's Adm'r. v. Edwards

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Reversing.

This suit is to nullify a purported assignment and to secure the possession of a certificate of deposit and a mortgage note which belonged to Mrs. Martha B. Moore, deceased. The appeal is from a judgment for the defendant.

Immediately after the burial of Mrs. Moore, while her son-in-law was fastening up her home, the defendant and appellee, C. E. Edwards, announced that the property was his; that “the old lady give it to me and it was her request that I didn’t let anyone come in here and throw me out or kick me out.” He said that he had…