Moore v. Cason
Mississippi Supreme Court
LEWIS CASON, administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Samuel Wright, deceased, commenced an action upon the case in assumpsit, in the circuit court of Wilkinson county against Alfred T. Moore and Mary his wife.
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LEWIS CASON, administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Samuel Wright, deceased, commenced an action upon the case in assumpsit, in the circuit court of Wilkinson county against Alfred T. Moore and Mary his wife. The promise in the declaration, is laid in consideration of money paid, laid out and expended, money had and received and advanced; goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered, and work and labor done and performed at the special instance and request of the wife, while sole; and also upon an account stated with the wife while sole. The…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice ShaRkey
This action was brought by Cason, as administrator of Wright, to recover a balance due to Wright as the guardian of the wife of the appellant. The amount appears to have become due on a settlement of the guardian with the orphans’ court, and the account was proved and allowed by that court: the records of that allowance and approval were introduced on the trial and relied on as evidence to support the claim. The several entries made in the orphans’ court are set out in the bill of exceptions, from which, also, it appears that no other evidence was introduced, and that the court decided that…
2Cited by1 opinion
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