Legal Opinion

Marks v. Coats

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided October 22, 1900PublishedCited by 19 opinions

From Douglas : Hiero K. Hanna, Judge. Petition by Asher Marks, as administrator, against W. H. Coats, as administrator of the estate of Thomas Coats, deceased, for the removal of defendant as administrator. From a decree of the circuit court affirming a decree of the county court in favor of petitioner, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bean

On December 10, 1895, Thomas Coats died in Douglas County, and his son, the appellant, was appointed administrator of his estate. At the time of his death he was seised and possessed of real and personal property, which was inventoried by the administrator and appraised at $814.88,' and was indebted about $2,400, including the sum of $954, and some interest, due petitioner’s intestate on a promissory note of date January 4, 1892. In Janu*610ary, 1895, a few months before his death, and while so indebted, he conveyed to his son three hundred and twenty acres of land, valued at from $1,000 to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Putney v. FletcherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  2. In re Estate of MillsOregon Supreme Court · 1892
  3. In re Holladay's EstateOregon Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Minor v. MeadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1820
  5. Andruss v. DoolittleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1836

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Green v. Green (1944)California Court of Appeal · 1944
  2. Cameron v. WhiteSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
  3. Davis v. RobertsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1920
  4. Farnsworth v. HatchUtah Supreme Court · 1915
  5. In re Elder's EstateOregon Supreme Court · 1938

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