5 Mo. 501 | Mo. | 1838
delivered the opinion of the court.
Perry, as administrator of Ennis, presented a claim against Rankin & Honey, the representatives of Honey,
. . In this case the decision was, that the defendants’ decision in the county court be reversed. This decision destroyed the judgment which the defendants had in their favor; and if this judgment was erroneously reversed by the circuit court, the judgment reversing it should be reversed; then the effect will be to restore the judgment of the county court. I am, then, of opinion, the motion should be overruled.
This motion being overruled, the next inquiry is, did the eircuit court of Jefferson county err in reversing the judgment of the county court? I think the circuit court did err in doing so. The first error assigned is, that the plaintiff, Perry, had not done his duty to entitle him to su't> and now, that the'judgment is against him, he wishes to take advantage of his own neglect, set the whole aside, and begin again. The law, as found in the section of the 4th article of the administration act, (Rev. Code, 56,) declares, that “no county couYt shall al-l0w any demand against ariy estate, unless the claimant ^rst make oath in open court, or file an affidavit with such claim, that he has allowed all just credits,” &c. By this»
The other objection to the decision of the count court is equally unfounded; it is, that the court had no power to give the judgment. The third is general, and there is nothing in it. The circuit court, therefore, erred in reversing the judgment of the county court, and the judgment of the circuit court is reversed, with costs, the other judges concurring herrein.