Keith v. Guthrie

The plaintiff in error"is the executor of the last will of Parthenia J. Keith, deceased. The estate in the hands of the executor consisted of money exclusively. Of this, the husband of the deceased, one Fordyce M. Keith, was entitled under the Statute to one-half. He assigned his distributive portion to one Uri S. Keith, who in turn assigned it to the defendant in error, W. W. Guthrie. At the time these assignments were made, the assignor, Fordyce M. Keith, was indebted to the plaintiff in error; not, however, as executor, but in his own right. The defendant in error, W. W. Guthrie, as…