16 Mo. 437 | Mo. | 1852
delivered the opinion of the court.
There can be no doubt that the. sections of the statute before mentioned contemplate a proceeding, by which property of a deceased person shall be taken from the hands of one who has concealed or embezzled it, and be put into the hands of the executor or administrator, and the language of the sections, as well as the object of the proceedings, forbid the idea that it can be employed against the administrator himself.
No clause is found in the statute, authorizing the application
The judgment, with the concurrence of the other Judges, is affirmed.