Spears v. Ledergerber

This case arose in the Probate Court of St. Louis County, in consequence of a motion filed by Spears, in whose favor a claim had been allowed against the estate of Sargent, to compel Ledergerber, the administrator of that estate, to pay the amount of such claim, less the sum of $200, already received thereon by John "W. Moodey, the attorney of claimant. Said motion stated that Moody had signed a receipt for said $200, as in full satisfaction and discharge' of the claim; but that his act in this regard was unauthorized.

An appeal from an order of the Probate Court, sustaining this motion, was…