Rowe v. Raper

Comstock, C. J. —

Charles E. Raper, a minor, died iu March, 1896. In June of the same year, letters of administration on his estate were issued to the Marion Trust Company. The claim in suit is for funeral expenses due the undertaker who officiated at the burial of the deceased, and which appellee claims to own by virtue of an assignment.

In July, 1896, the undertaker brought suit for this claim against the father of the deceased; the cause was put at issue but was not tried, and in February, 1897, was dismissed as “compromised and settled.” The assignment of the claim to appellant bears date…