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J.E. Maxwell, Esqr. Paola, Kansas. | J.E. Maxwell, Esqr. Paola, Kansas. | ||
Dear Sir: -- In your letter of Wednesday you say "I have today received a letter from J.E. Everett, in which he authorizes me to confer with you and correct any errors that may appear on the face of the record in the Probate Court." Does this include the failure to give the estate credit for interest on the funds lying in his hands? - If not the most important point in my proposition has been overlooked, as the errors apparent upon the face of the accounts, - aside from the administrator's charges - involve only small amounts, as in the matter of tax receipts, and that of sale bills, which were noticed in our conversation in your office. | Dear Sir: -- In your letter of Wednesday you say "I have today received a letter from J.E. Everett, in which he authorizes me to confer with you and correct any errors that may appear on the face of the record in the Probate Court." Does this include the failure to give the estate credit for interest on the funds lying in his hands? - If not the most important point in my proposition has been overlooked, as the errors apparent upon the face of the accounts, - aside from the administrator's charges - involve only small amounts, as in the matter of tax receipts, and that of sale bills, which were noticed in our conversation in your office. | ||
If this matter is included, we should have Mr. Everett's statement of the approximate time of his collection of the rents, and also of his payment for the monument, for which he has not taken credit until the 5th account, though he probably pain for it long before. You will doubtless remember my suggestion that in this case, in view of his irregular bookkeeping it would seem proper to reverse the usual rule and construe in his favor all reasonable doubts- | |||
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JOHN J. WERNINGER. P.O. BOX 112.
rubber stamp RETURN TO.. JONES & MAXWELL, PAOLA, KANS. initialed JE
BETHANY, MO. 28 November 1902
J.E. Maxwell, Esqr. Paola, Kansas. Dear Sir: -- In your letter of Wednesday you say "I have today received a letter from J.E. Everett, in which he authorizes me to confer with you and correct any errors that may appear on the face of the record in the Probate Court." Does this include the failure to give the estate credit for interest on the funds lying in his hands? - If not the most important point in my proposition has been overlooked, as the errors apparent upon the face of the accounts, - aside from the administrator's charges - involve only small amounts, as in the matter of tax receipts, and that of sale bills, which were noticed in our conversation in your office.
If this matter is included, we should have Mr. Everett's statement of the approximate time of his collection of the rents, and also of his payment for the monument, for which he has not taken credit until the 5th account, though he probably pain for it long before. You will doubtless remember my suggestion that in this case, in view of his irregular bookkeeping it would seem proper to reverse the usual rule and construe in his favor all reasonable doubts- By reason of some business changes in progress, I