Eckert v. Triplett

This was an action by the appellant, as administrator de bonis non, with the will annexed, of the estate of Henry R. Hice, deceased, against the appellee, to recover the value of certain personal property alleged to have been sold by the deceased in his lifetime to the appellee.

The appellee answered in two paragraphs: First, the general denial; and, second, a settlement with and payment to Samuel Hice, a former administrator with the will annexed of the estate of said Henry R. Hice.

Reply in denial. Trial by jury and verdict for appellee, motion for a new trial by the appellant overruled, and…