Ethridge v. Estate of Paul

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice.

Letters testamentary were issued upon the estate of Mrs. Leslie Girten Paul, deceased, and the first notice to creditors was published on January 8, 1965. About two days before the expiration of six months from the date of the first publication, Elizabeth Fairchild and Dorothy Ethridge, trading as Eastburn Flowers, filed a claim against the estate. The court clerk entered the claim on the Register of Claims, which showed the creditor’s name, the description of the claim, when due, the amount, and its registration date as July 6, 1965. On August 16, 1965, the…