Reinstein v. Smith
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Washington. Tried below before the Hon. J. B. McFarland. This suit was instituted on February 20, 1885, in the district court of Washington county, to establish a rejected account against the estate of John S. Smith, deceased, of which appellee is administratrix.
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Appeal from Washington. Tried below before the Hon. J. B. McFarland. This suit was instituted on February 20, 1885, in the district court of Washington county, to establish a rejected account against the estate of John S. Smith, deceased, of which appellee is administratrix. The allegations of plaintiff’s petition are, in substance, as follows: That the defendant is administratrix de bonis non of the estate of John S. Smith, deceased; that during the years 1883, 1884, one B. P. Perkins, deceased, was administrator of the estate; that the estate of Smith consisted, among other things, of…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
This action was brought against the administratrix of the estate of John S. Smith to recover on a rejected claim for money and supplies advanced to a former administrator, to enable him to have cultivated during the years 1883 and 1884, several plantations which belonged to the estate.
The petition is full in its averments as to the necessity for the administrator to have the plantations cultivated, the prudence of his undertaking to do so, the value and necessity for the articles and money furnished, and as to the reasonableness of the charges therefor. Demurrers,…
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