Woodlief v. . Bragg

Clakk, J.:

The creditor presented the claims now in dispute to the administrator within one year of his qualification, and said claims were not barred by the statute of limitations at the death of the intestate. The administrator files this petition to condemn proceeds of sale of certain real estate in the Clerk’s office as assets to pay debts, there being an insufficiency of assets, and the defendants, the heirs at law, seek the benefit of the statute of limitations.

The Code, § 164, provides that if a claim is “ filed with the personal representative within the time above specified (i. e. one…