Bunce v. Beck
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Third District Court. The letter given by Mrs. Beck to Bunce, administrator, referred to in the opinion of the court, is as follows: . “ 28th June, 1865.— Sir: Mrs. Juliet A. Beck and myself have settled our law suit, by her allowing me the sum of two-thirds, and one-ninth of the remaining third, of the estate of Preston Beck, Jr., deceased, as claimed by me before the Probate Court of Cooper county.
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Appeal from Third District Court. The letter given by Mrs. Beck to Bunce, administrator, referred to in the opinion of the court, is as follows: . “ 28th June, 1865.— Sir: Mrs. Juliet A. Beck and myself have settled our law suit, by her allowing me the sum of two-thirds, and one-ninth of the remaining third, of the estate of Preston Beck, Jr., deceased, as claimed by me before the Probate Court of Cooper county. You will please deliver to Mrs. Beck all her equitable rights and assets in your hands, after deducting the said two--thirds, and one-ninth of remaining one-third, just expenses,…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
The controlling question in this case relates to the action of the Circuit Court in admitting testimony. It seems' that Preston Beck, Jr., being domiciled at Santa Fe, New Mexico, died in the year 1858, and left a will by which be gave bis estate to bis kindred, nine in number. Administration was taken upon bis estate at Santa Fe, and also in Cooper county in this State. As a large amount of personal assets, consisting for the most part of funds transmitted to this State by the administrator in New Mexico, bad accumulated in the bands of the administrator here in 1860, it was agreed by the…
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