Holmes v. Adams
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On agreed statement of facts. This is an action of assumpsit for money had and received and is submitted to the Law Court upon an agreed .statement of facts, with the stipulation that, if under the statement of facts, the plaintiff can maintain this action upon proof of the relationship claimed by him, the action is to stand for trial; otherwise, a nonsuit is to be entered. Plea, the general issue. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
This is an action for money had and received, and comes to this court on the following agreed statement of facts:
Alonzo Patterson, brother of the defendant, Harriet A. Adams, was a resident of the state of Nevada and died in that state previous to May 20, 1907, leaving no widow or issue. His estate was duly administered in the state of Nevada, and the defendant, Harriet A. Adams, on May 20, 1907, received from the administrator of said estate the sum of thirteen hundred and ten dollars and four cents ($1310.04) as her proportion of said estate, being one-'half of said estate, and her brother…
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