Kuakini Hospital & Home v. Yamanoha

OPINION OE THE COURT BY

LEWIS, J.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a summary judgment dismissing the action on the ground that plaintiff's *91averred claim, for “hospitalization, services rendered and supplies furnished by plaintiff to the deceased,” Hr. Richard A. Yamanoha, is barred by the nonclaim statute, R.L.H. 1955, § 317-23. That statute provides that any claim “not presented within four months from the first day of publication of the notice [to creditors], * * * shall be forever barred and the executor or administrator shall not be authorized to pay it.”

Dr. Yamanoha died on August 21,…