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SMITH V. CHAPMAN, 93 U. S. 41 (1876)
93 U. S. 41U.S. Supreme Court
Smith v. Chapman, 93 U.S. 41 (1876)
Smith v. Chapman
93 U.S. 41
Syllabus
In an action against an executor upon a contract of his testator, where a devastavit is not alleged and proved, a judgment de bonis propriis is erroneous.