Schaefer v. Estate of Magel

This case, which comes to the writer on reassignment, arises in connection with the administration of the estate of Charles Magel, deceased, in the Probate Court of the City of St. Louis.

Magel died on December 5, 1932, whereupon letters on his estate were granted to Berdina Magel, his widow, on December 9, 1932, with the first publication of notice appearing within ten days thereafter.

On June 6, 1933, or within six months after the date of the granting of the first letters on the estate, plaintiff, J.A. Schaefer, filed in the probate court his demand against the estate in the sum of $2,500,…