Whitworth v. Monahan's Estate, 34321.
Decision Date | 14 December 1936 |
Docket Number | No. 34321.,34321. |
Parties | LOUISE WHITWORTH, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF WALTER J. MONAHAN. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court of City of St. Louis. — Hon. John W. Calhoun, Judge.
TRANSFERRED TO THE ST. LOUIS COURT OF APPEALS.
Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Young and Fred Armstrong for appellant.
William Kohn for respondent; Luke E. Hart and Herbert M. Hart of counsel.
Action originating in the probate court to recover for services rendered by plaintiff to Walter J. Monahan during his lifetime. The claim was disallowed by the probate court. Plaintiff appealed. The circuit court ruled that the probate court was without jurisdiction to entertain the claim. Plaintiff declined to amend or further plead. On the rendering of judgment for defendant, plaintiff appealed. The question of the appellate jurisdiction of this court is presented by the record. The amount in dispute as shown on the face of the claim is not controlling. [Pittsburg Bridge Co. v. Transit Co., 205 Mo. 176, 103 S.W. 546.] The claim follows:
The alleged agreement to pay plaintiff the entire amount of the estate necessarily means the net amount of the estate. It could not be otherwise. [Hall v. Getman, 121 Mo. App. 630, 636, 97 S.W. 607.] For ought that appears, claims against the estate may reduce the net value to less than $7500. If so, this court is without appellate jurisdiction, which must affirmatively appear from the whole record.
The cause should be transferred to the St. Louis Court of Appeals. It is so ordered. All concur.
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