Stewart v. DeMoss

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this probate proceeding we must decide whether the claimant, Kent Stewart, filed his claim in a timely manner. The district court found he did not and dismissed the claim after the executor had disallowed it on the grounds that it was barred by the statute of limitations. Stewart appealed, and we transferred the case to the court of appeals. The court of appeals reversed, concluding that Stewart had filed the claim in a timely manner. On our further review, we agree with the court of appeals. We therefore affirm the court of appeals decision, reverse the district court’s…