State ex rel. Scott v. Greer
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — How. James L. Fort, Judge. , (1) Lane having taken charge of.the estates of Sdott and Gregory, under the bond he gave in 1888, (that bond and not the bond he gave in 1892 is responsible for .any defalcation on his part, if there be any, which we deny. State ex rel. v. Holman, 93 Mo.
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Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — How. James L. Fort, Judge. , (1) Lane having taken charge of.the estates of Sdott and Gregory, under the bond he gave in 1888, (that bond and not the bond he gave in 1892 is responsible for .any defalcation on his part, if there be any, which we deny. State ex rel. v. Holman, 93 Mo. App. 611. (2) It is well-settled law in this State that final judgments of probate courts, in matters within their jurisdiction, are as conclusive as those of courts of general jurisdiction. Coverington v. Chamberlain, 156 Mo. 587 ; Cox v. Boyce, 152 Mo. 576; Rogers v. Johnson,…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode., J.
This is an action on the bond of Thomas M. Lane as pnhlic administrator of Butler •county, Missouri, hy virtue of an election held November 8,1892. Lane was first elected public administrator of said county in 1888 and gave bond on December 13, 1888, with W. F. Neal and others as sureties. While Lane was serving his first term, the estate of relator Alonzo Scott, then a minor, was ordered into his hands hy the probate court of Butler county, and he was appointed ex officio curator of said estate. He remained in charge of it until his death, which occurred January 30, 1895, during his second…
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- State ex rel. Garesché v. SlevinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Baker v. SchoenemanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
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