Kent v. Knight

BLAND, J.-

-This is a proceeding arising in the probate court of Sullivan County, wherein plaintiff filed a claim against the estate of Anne Cox Rankin, deceased, in the sum of $340.85, covering his bill as undertaker for services rendered at the burial of the deceased. The case went to the circuit court on appeal and was there tried without the aid of a jury, resulting in a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the amount sued for. Defendant has appealed.

The facts disclosed by the record are meager. It is stated in the briefs that Charles C. and Anne Cox Rankin, who were husband and wife, were…