QUILLIAN, J.
While the defendant in her answer did not admit receiving the money, she testified that the deceased gave the money to her. She further testified that she was entitled to retain that which was left after paying Hanley to provide a decent burial for the deceased. By this testimony she set up the affirmative defense that she was entitled to keep a part of the money. Having testified as to this affirmative defense the burden was on her to prove facts which...
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