In re Estate of Feeley
In re Estate of Feeley
Opinion of the Court
Appellant urges that the court found, against the evidence, that the executor was to be charged with seventeen and three-quarters acres of land, “a little more or less”; that the court finds, and “there is no dispute,” that Pagels bought the two-acre piece; that one acre was washed away without the fault of the executor; and that “there was no dispute” but the railroad purchased four and one-half acres. But the court found that Pagels bought the one-acre tract, “a little more or less,” and the executor swore: “I received one hundred and eighty dollars from Pagels for the one acre, sold by order of the court. ’ ’ Take from the twenty-three acres, of which deceased was seised at his death, the one acre sold to Pagels, the one acre washed away, and the four and one-quarter acres sold to the railroad company, and there would remain sixteen and three-quarters acres. The .specification of insufficiency of evidence in the statement, on motion for a new trial, is to the effect that the executor should not be charged with a greater quantity of land than sixteen and three-quarters acres; and the statement for new trial avers that there was evidence “showing” that there was left “in the hands of the executor” sixteen and three-quarters acres. It would seem, therefore, that the court should have
There is no finding as to the one hundred and seventy dollars alleged to have been stolen from the executor, nor as to the item of about twenty-five dollars contested.
The interests of justice demand a new trial of the issue. Order reversed and new trial granted.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- In re Estate of FEELEY
- Status
- Published
- Syllabus
- Executor’s Account—Proceedings to Settle.—Evidence held insufficient to justify the decision and findings.