Trent's Administrator v. Trent
Supreme Court of Missouri
•Appeal from, Chariton Circuit Court. This was a petition to the county court of Chariton county by the administrator of the estate of Alexander Trent.
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•Appeal from, Chariton Circuit Court. This was a petition to the county court of Chariton county by the administrator of the estate of Alexander Trent. The petition (which was filed at the November term, 1852, of said court,) sets forth that said Trent died intestate, not leaving any personal estate sufficient to pay the debts of his estate ; that in the lifetime of said Trent certain judgments (which are specified) were rendered against him on the 9th day of September, 1843 ; that said judgments were duly allowed by said county court against his estate, November 7, 1851; that on the 2d day…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
This was an application by an administrator to sell real estate for the payment of debts. We see no good reason for dismissing the application. It was in conformity to law, and accompanied by the necessary documents. The inventory was sworn to, and contained the information required for the action of the court. Although there was an allegation in the petition that the judgments and executions described therein were liens upon the land, and there was a prayer that the land might be sold for their satisfaction, yet if the court was of the opinion that the allegation was unsupported, the general…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Valle v. BryanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
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