DeCoo v. Woodworth

Complainant had given a mortgage to his father, who died testate in May, 1888, leaving the mortgage to complainant, charged with the payment of decedent’s debts, his funeral expenses, the erection of a monument upon the family burial lot, and the payment of $400 to complainant’s sister, Mrs. Bursons. Defendant was named, appointed, and qualified as executor. Complainant had, in 1888, paid the funeral expenses and debts, and had erected the monument. ■ Woodworth had a personal claim against the husband of Mrs. Bursons of $457, for which he held Bursons’ notes. He regarded this claim of little…