In re the Estate of Cooper

This is a motion by claimants to dismiss the petition by the executrix for disallowance of their claims in the amount of $5,815 for accounting services allegedly rendered to testator. The ground for the motion is that this court was ousted of jurisdiction to adjudicate the claims because of the civil court action on the claims brought by claimants against the estate within 60 days after their rejection by petitioner as executrix (SOPA, § 1810). The opposition is based on the fact that the claims had been presented once before to petitioner as preliminary executrix and rejected by her as such,…