Barsalou's Case

Bradford, S.

—Victor Barsalou, claiming to be a creditor *136of the intestate, having presented a petition for the payment of his demand, the executor interposed as a defence that he had regularly advertised for claims; that the demand in question had been presented for payment, and had been rejected; and that the petitioner having failed to institute a suit at law for its recovery within six months thereafter, the claim was barred by the statute.

The Eevised Statutes have provided a convenient and summary method for the ascertainment of demands against the estate of a deceased person. Six months…