Wolf v. Griffin

We only deem it necessary to notice one of the several points made upon this record.

The creditor of an estate who has recovered a judgment on his or her claim in the county court is not a “ distributee ” within the meaning of section 116 and 117 of chapter 3 of the Revised Statutes. Sec. 1, Chap. 39, R. S., provides that all intestate estates, after all just debts and claims against such estates are fully paid, shall descend to and be distributed in the manner designated in said section. These several sections are in pari materia and are to be construed together; and when the two sections…