The Holt County sentinel., 1915-04-30
Decided Once More.

The supreme ccurt. ~ Jefferson
City. has &c Are in'o- red. handed
i,sn decision In tie T. n Perkins
ss;k,t -A;;et, sas'Ai1i-s luies ror.
;t' sesisic1 in ,ie g-shs's c.Gtt.
NJ reversing s3.t = isc~ decision.
90 tie ci-s.i; c...s lis makes
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:L.ss '!uss txcsg:inl tie snce In
;.f si-:ai: c,4';. tie opinion q tie
ssG';s have. uniform ) ueen tie
sAIt
his .i;i.t;isn ArJSe i-.I tie fsi.
,ssins safe :! ;Ae;s II. Il rersins
~ Unmarried Hln. lived t:t many
yeA-s. ~. ana within tie vicinity Of.
Crais, In this county. He esned a
iA-se farm - the bottom ~est Of
CrAis. Aod as . partner With Ed.
nani Anita IN TIE extensive store
ia Craig 81 r. n. Perkins & Co. lie
died 10 shoui l.s 30; lad sod his
AYE rrior thereto. And IL AS said
had eoush, prosperity leshere-in.
elpdins seIe sali nine interests 10
oo;A California ana GA Mexico.
In the meantime tie srn ., n. n.
Perkins 4 Co ut-e. IL seems. con.
;-AetinS sast nany ssn nereial
o5.igsiioos fer goods isf tie store.
And NJ. Perkins 10 aid 70 have leaned
tie store aoeai s'.c,N in Z oney-pie.
suIAo.y. Nth which - pay bills
Soon aii>' Perkins death letters OF
Atrinistra;ion uere taken out on the
partnership estate by Edmund AMI.
oAl. the surviving partner. and letters
spon Mr. Perkins individual estate
~ere granted 20 some one else-Mr.
W. 5 Thomson. We believe During
the tine years u ~N then-~hile
IL Is nov DC; one year iha, claims
could be proh.ied, . sreA; number OF
ierAnds ~efe presented Against the
i~3 estates individual and partner.
ship and u soon began 20 appear
that there would not be enough prop.
e'iy in tie partnership TO pay the
debts prooA;ei Against the sane.
Then u AS that . number Of the
commercial creditors. by II. +. Al.
sire % this city. and J. 4. ShNsel.
ford o. 81. Joseph. aled . petition In
the probate court asking that all the
commercial creditors Of II Il. Perkins
& Co, be preferred over the a. go de.
rAnd .! II Il, Perkins individual
Administrator, and this started the
contention ihA; has 80 long engaged
tie Attention Of the courts After an
extended hearing before Judge Porter.
In which Hon. John Kennish and Il.
i Britse'uan represented the indi.
vidaal administrator, he upheld the
petition Of the commercial creditors
and tie individual administrator ap-
p.Aed 70 the circuit court. Here, AZ.
ter another extensive hearing Of the
matter, argued byth same attorneys
on both sides as below Judge Ellison
reversed Judge Por,er's decision. and
the commercial creditors appealed to
the Kansas City Court Of Appeals.
Tits court, later on, reversed Judge
Ellison In the matter, and sustained
Judge Porter. Later, tie individual
Administrator got rehearins In said
court, and, thereafter said eour,
again decided the matter the same
Nay that u had a. nrSt.
soon thereafter, the attorneys for
Nj. Thomson. Administrator Of the
individual estate-some Of whom lad
been changed since tie litigation be.
gAn-Hon. John kennish having re-
tired from the case aud sam Hals,ead
and c. [. Grow, both OF Kansas City.
having been enployed-got the case
certified up 70 the supreme court.
Here Il pended for quite . while, but
In January last ~As reached on that
docket and submitted. II Is
the decision Of said court that Is
noH handed doxn-upholdiny Judge
Porter, OF the probate court, indors.
ins the opinions o! the court Of ap-
peas, and reversing Judge Ellison's