Richardson v. Cooley

Citations

• 20 S.C. 347
• 1884 S.C. LEXIS 16

Syllabus

<p>1. A woman being entitled to property in her own right, upon her marriage it was settled absolutely upon her during her natural life, with an absolute power of disposition, and it passed as money into the hands of a trustee. The woman survived her husband and died intestate,, leaving issue. Held, that action against this trustee, for an account of the trust estate, could be maintained only by an administrator.</p> <p>2. Parties can set up a claim to personal property, under the statute of distributions, only through regular administration.</p> <p>3. This case distinguished from Huson v. Wallace, 1 Rich. JEq. 1, and also from Kaminer v. Hope, 9 8. O. 253.</p>