Aiken v. Welch

The Unanimous Opinion of the Court was delivered by

Circuit Judge E- H. Henderson, Acting Associate Justice:

This action was brought by the plaintiff, Mrs. Hilda R. Aiken, to recover the sum of $4,000.00, and interest from the estate of her former husband, A. B. Welch. The claim was resisted by the administrators on the grounds that the original transaction between the plaintiff and Mr. Welch was a gift, and that even if it amounted to a debt it has been barred by the statute of limitations. It is a law case, but by consent of the parties was tried without a jury. The master took the…