Sauer v. Griffin
Decision Date | 30 April 1878 |
Citation | 67 Mo. 654 |
Parties | SAUER v. GRIFFIN et al., Appellants. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court.--HON. SAMUEL L. SAWYER, Judge.
M. D. Trefren for appellants.
Wm. E. Sheffield for respondent.
It is argued by the appellants that the plaintiff had an adequate remedy at law, and, as he neglected to present his claim to the probate court for allowance, a court of equity will not interfere to help him now. The case of Titterington v. Hooker, 58 Mo. 593, is cited in support of this position. That case is wholly unlike the present. What was there said in regard to the exclusive jurisdiction of the probate court related to claims existing at the decedent's death. Here there was no claim which could have been presented for allowance during the existence of the administration. There was an obligation, it is true, out of which...
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