State ex rel. Steers v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. — IIon. Noah M. G-ivan, Judge. This suit was brought by Steers, as administrator de bonis non of John I). Carmack, deceased, against Taylor, who was tbe former administrator, on his bond.
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Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. — IIon. Noah M. G-ivan, Judge. This suit was brought by Steers, as administrator de bonis non of John I). Carmack, deceased, against Taylor, who was tbe former administrator, on his bond. Taylor’s letters were issued in October, 1872, and were revoked in January, 1876. The petition alleged, as breaches of the bond, that Taylor had failed to account for a sewing machine, the property of the estate; that he had failed to collect rent aue from one Harris, to the amount of $79 ; that he had failed to collect a note of $20 due from one Aplin, and two notes of…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
I. It is unnecessai’y to say more concerning the correctness of the ruling of the court in the refusal of the declaration of law respecting the sewing machine, than this : We are all agreed that section 33. 1 Wagner’s Statutes, page 88, confers upon the widow, as her absolute property, the articles therein enumerated, whether claiming as dowress, or as in the present instance. We discover no sound reason why a sewing machine may not well be included in the expression “ other implements of iudustry,” since such machines are, nowadays, in far *661more common use than the wheels and looms of an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Williams v. Heirs of PettigrewSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
3Cited by4 opinions
- Nelson v. TrollMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Martin v. JonesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
- Estate of Stambaugh v. StambaughMissouri Court of Appeals · 1921
- Nidy v. RiceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1931