Estate of Meeker v. Swift

(dissenting). — I concur in the opinion of the court in this case in so far as it reverses the judgment of the circuit court in respect of the Simpson note ; but I do not concur in it in so far as it affirms the judgment in respect of the Porter note. My re-examination of this case impresses me with the conclusion that we have been floundering around in a helpless sort of way, in a mire of technicalities, and that we have reached the result that the creditor of a deceased person ■can collect a part of his debt out of the separate allowance of an insane widow. That the law of Missouri is in…