Holman v. Nance
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Cooper Circuit Court. — Hon. E. L. Edwards, Judge. (1) The plaintiff, as the administrator of Frank S. Bradley, had the right to dispose of the interest of the deceased in the partnership. 2 Williams on Executors, p. 1006. (2) An executor or administrator can settle or compound a debt due the estate, and without any order or direction from the probate court to do so. 3 Williams on Executors, top page 1900; 13 New Hampshire, 18 and 20 ; Chadboicrn v. Chadbourn, 9…
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Error to Cooper Circuit Court. — Hon. E. L. Edwards, Judge. (1) The plaintiff, as the administrator of Frank S. Bradley, had the right to dispose of the interest of the deceased in the partnership. 2 Williams on Executors, p. 1006. (2) An executor or administrator can settle or compound a debt due the estate, and without any order or direction from the probate court to do so. 3 Williams on Executors, top page 1900; 13 New Hampshire, 18 and 20 ; Chadboicrn v. Chadbourn, 9 Allen 173; Coffin v. Cattle, 4 Pick. 454; Bean v. Earrum, 6 Pick. 269 ; Bacon *. Or andón, 15 Pick. 79. (3) The plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin, C. —
This is an action by the administrator of the individual estate of a deceased partner, to recover from the surviving partners, an amount ascertained to be due the intestate, upon a settlement of the partnership estate. It is alleged in the petition that Prank S. Bradley, the intestate, was in his lifetime a member of the firm of Nance, Combs & Company, which was composed of the defendants, and said Bradley, and that the said partners, under said name and style, were engaged in the business of buying and feeding hogs and cattle for market. It is further alleged that after his…
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