Holt, Trustee v. Cassinelli, Admx.

(dissenting). .The majority opinion recites that the intestate left a solvent estate worth $2,237.49, and that his administratrix expended $1,636.13 of this money for funeral expenses. Ten items comprised these expenses, all of which were paid without requiring the claimants to comply with §§ 100, 101 and 102, Pope’s Digest. The good faith of the administratrix is not questioned, but her authority is questioned.

Section 100, Pope’s Digest, prescribes the “mode of ' exhibiting demands” against the estates of deceased persons. Section 101 provides the “form of affidavit” to be appended to such…