Douglass v. McCarer

Best, C.

— The appellee brought this suit against the appellant, alleging in his complaint, in substance, that the decedent died intestate, in May, 1855, the owner of a large amount of personal property, consisting of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, farming implements, etc., of the value of $2,060, and that the appellant, in June, 1855, wrongfully took possession of said property, converted the same into money, and has had the use-of it since that time; that the decedent left surviving him Lucretia, his widow, and three children, Otis P., Nancy and Moses P. Morgan, aged three years, two years,…