Scudder v. Ames
Supreme Court of Missouri
Cross-Appeals from St Louis Court of Appeals. • (1) The court below erred in. disallowing tbe credits on account of U. S. income tax paid.
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Cross-Appeals from St Louis Court of Appeals. • (1) The court below erred in. disallowing tbe credits on account of U. S. income tax paid. The law clearly made it the duty of Mrs. Ames, as administratrix, to make returns of the amount of income as she clid and to pay the tax thereon. 5 Inter Rev. Rec. p. 75. (2) Ths administratrix did not charge double commissions on the item of $29,815.08. (3) As to the commissions on rents, which the court disallowed, there was this palpable error, viz: The statute allows commissions “on personal property,” (Gr. S., 506, sec. 9; R. S., sec. 229),. while the…
1Opinion of the CourtShebwood, J.
This cause comes nere from the St. Louis court of appeals, which court affirmed pro forma the judgment of the. circuit court. Both parties appealed from the judgment, as well as from the judgment of affirmance.
The cause originated in the probate court and the litigation grows out of exceptions filed by the executors of the will of Henry Ames, deceased, to the final settlement of Lucy Y. S. Ames, administratrix, settling the partnership estate of Henry Ames & Company. The probate court after hearing evidence on the numerous exceptions, found a balance against the administratrix of $42,554.43,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Riggs v. . CraggNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Davidsburgh v. . Knickerbocker Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Butler v. LawsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Evans v. SnyderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- State ex rel. Wolff v. BerningSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Emmons v. GordonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- In re Estate of Glover & ShepleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
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