Legal Opinion

Wernecke v. Kenyon's Administrator

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1877PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. — Hon. Louis E. Dinning, Judge.' The object of this proceeding was to procure tbe enforcement and satisfaction of a decree of tbe circuit court of Madison county, wbicb is set out in full in tbe opinion in tbis ease. Plaintiffs presented tbis decree to tbe probate court and had it allowed for the full amount of $789.59, against the estate of II. F. Kenyon, deceased.

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Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. — Hon. Louis E. Dinning, Judge.' The object of this proceeding was to procure tbe enforcement and satisfaction of a decree of tbe circuit court of Madison county, wbicb is set out in full in tbe opinion in tbis ease. Plaintiffs presented tbis decree to tbe probate court and had it allowed for the full amount of $789.59, against the estate of II. F. Kenyon, deceased. The allowance in favor of Madison county against said estate, referred to in the opinion, was for $250. The plaintiffs, as sureties on the bond of the administrator of the estate, were compelled,…

1Opinion of the CourtHenry, J.

— In 1861, H. E. Kenyon died intestate, and letters of administration on his estate-were granted to his widow, Músidora Kenyon, and subsequently to her second husband, Ira L. Wood. Kenyon owned certain lots in Eredericktown, and other lots in Ironton. Plaintiffs were Wood’s sureties on his bond as administrator. The deceased was indebted to Madison county on account of money borrowed by him of the school fund, and the demand was allowed against the estate by the probate court of said county.

The administrator, Wood, obtained an order from said court, to sell the real estate of Kenyon at…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Dodson v. ScroggsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Hammons v. RenfrowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
  2. Brown v. BibbSupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
  3. Ensworth v. CurdSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
  4. Roberts v. BartlettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1887
  5. Groves v. AegerterMissouri Court of Appeals · 1931

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