Mr. Justice FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court, as follows:
The inquiry here is: What is the legal effect of the facts presented by the pleas of the defendant?
The first plea puts in issue the representative character of the plaintiff in the State of Wisconsin. It denies that, as to the causes of action stated in the declaration, he is or ever has been administrator of the effects of the deceased, and thus raises the question...
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