Blankenship's Administrator v. Ryerson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Madison. In the matter of the insolvent estate of Willis Blankenship, deceased, against which a claim was filed by W. Ryerson, the appellee, in these words: “ To commissions for finding purchaser for his plantation, stock, and furniture, two per cent, on the amount agreed on, which was eight thousand dollars, $240.” The administrator objected to the allowance of this claim, “ on the ground that no consideration for said claim passed from said…
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Madison. In the matter of the insolvent estate of Willis Blankenship, deceased, against which a claim was filed by W. Ryerson, the appellee, in these words: “ To commissions for finding purchaser for his plantation, stock, and furniture, two per cent, on the amount agreed on, which was eight thousand dollars, $240.” The administrator objected to the allowance of this claim, “ on the ground that no consideration for said claim passed from said Ryerson to said Blankenship.” On the evidence adduced on the trial of the issue, joined between the parties, the court…
1Opinion of the CourtB. F. Saffold, J.
The appellee filed a claim against the insolvent estate of Blankenship, of which the appellant was the administrator, for commissions in finding a purchaser of his plantation, stock, and furniture, under an agreement with the decedent. The issue being about the consideration, the court allowed the claim under the following testimony: McGee, a witness for the claimant, testified, that he was introduced to Blankenship by Ryerson, a land agent, for the purpose of looking at a plantation which Blankenship was offering for sale through the said agent; that he agreed to purchase the plantation,…
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