Craig v. Bateman

<p>Appeal from the District Court, Third Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco.</p> <p>The complaint averred that,' August 19, 1870, the will of J. H. Mullins, deceased, was probated in the Probate Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and letters were issued to defendant Bateman as executor; that the other defendants signed his bond as sureties, and that he was afterwards removed for mismanagement, and the plaintiff was appointed administrator in his place; that the plaintiff caused a citation to be issued requiring Bateman to appear and render an account; that, upon the hearing, the Court settled the account, and found him indebted to the estate in the sum of $5047 46, and rendered a final decree that he pay the same to the plaintiff, which decree was in full force and effect. Judgment was asked for said sum.</p> <p>The defendants, in their answer, denied that the Probate Court made a final settlement of the account, or that it made a final decree whereby any money was found due by Bateman. The answer then denied that “ said decree, or any decree against defendant Bateman * * * has, since said date, or since any other date, been, or is now in full force or effect,” and alleged that the only decree rendered against Bateman had been appealed from to the Supreme Court. The Court, on motion of the plaintiff, rendered judgment against the defendants on the pleadings. The defendants appealed.</p>