Ward v. Ward

The plaintiff in error is a son and the defendant in error a sister of the late Eber B. Ward, and the present controversy relates to a claim preferred by Miss Ward against her brother’s estate and which her nephew contests. The claim was originally heard before the commissioners appointed to adjudicate on such matters pursuant to the statute, and was allowed against the estate February 3d, 1876, at $31,798.88. The plaintiff in error took an appeal to the circuit court where an issue was framed and tried before a jury, and a verdict given and judgment entered for the claimant against the…