Dobson's Administrator v. Butler's Administrator

This was "a civil action, originally commenced by Jefferson Dobson and Mary Dobson, his wife, against the defendants, in the Jefferson Circuit Court. William Butler is the administrator of the estate of Edward Butler, deceased, and the other, defendants are his securities in his bond as administrator. The suit was on this bond. The defendants demurred to the plaintiff’s petition; the court sustained the demurrer, and the plaintiff brings the cause to this court. The action is for the value of certain specific articles of property claimed in the petition, being the articles of property given…