Case Name: Lewis, Public Adm'r, v. McCabe, Adm'r of Long, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1882-10
Citations: 76 Mo. 307
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lewis, Public Adm’r, v. McCabe, Adm’r of Long, Appellant.
Judges: Hough and Ray, JJ., concur; Sherwood, C. J., and Norton, J. dissent.
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 76
Pages: 307–309

Head Matter:
Lewis, Public Adm’r, v. McCabe, Adm’r of Long, Appellant.
A Public Administrator who has unlawfully taken charge of an estate cannot maintain an action to recover assets of the estate.
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals.
Reversed.
E. T. Farish for appellant.
W. L. Scott and T. Z. Blakeman for respondent.

Opinion:
Henry, J.
In the case of McCabe, Administrator of Catharine 0. Long, v. Lewis, Public Administrator in charge of the estate of Maynard, ante, p. 296, we held'that Lewis was not legally in charge of said estate, Jtrom which it fol- ' lows that as such administrator he cannot maintain an action. The judgment in his favor affirmed by the court of appeals is reversed.
Hough and Ray, JJ., concur; Sherwood, C. J., and Norton, J. dissent.