83 Mo. 476 | Mo. | 1884
The record in this case is in almost inextricable confusion, but as far as I can understand it, it appears that the original proceeding by the plaintiff was to cancel and declare void certain conveyances of land by the defendants, in fraud of the plaintiffs, who were
1. “The whole amount of said execution has been fully paid before the issuance thereof.
2. “Said execution does not follow, and is not authorized by the judgment on which it purports to be issued.
3. “ Said execution is against the property of a deceased person.
4. “Said execution is for costs not authorized by law or the judgment aforesaid, and illegally taxed, and, without authority of law, charged against defendants; that after paying the costs, the party who paid them, to-wit: George Rogers, took no assignment of the judgment for costs, but presented his claim therefor to the probate court, and obtained and now holds a judgment of allowance therefor, which is of record and in full force, and these reasons have already been passed upon and adjudicated by the court.”
The return of the sheriff shows a sale for $272.25, which was paid to the sheriff. In support of the motion to quash, Baldwin, the clerk of the court, testified that he issued the execution referred to in the motion to quash. All the costs for which said execution issued had been paid to him as such clerk, by George Rogers, before the issuance of the execution. There was no assignment of said judgment for costs. The court sustained the motion to quash and the plaintiffs bring the case here by appeal.
I. The decisive question of the case seems to be the fact that the costs were paid in full before the issuance of the execution. If Baldwin’s evidence be true, and it is not disputed, the costs were paid in full to him by one
II. There was evidence of an allowance by the probate court in favor of Rogers for a certain amount, but that can cut no figure in this case. If the allowance was improper and illegal, the place to resist that was before the probate court. The judgment of the circuit court is .affirmed.