Legal Opinion

Potter v. Lewin

California Supreme Court

Decided December 23, 1898No. L. A. No. 547PublishedCited by 8 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County and from an order denying a new trial. E. P. "Unangst, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

THE COURT.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover the value of material and services furnished in the matter of the *147burial of one Hughes. He presented a claim for the amount to the administrator, Which claim was allowed in part. Thereafter he brought this action against the administrator of the estate for the entire amount.

It is first insisted that the action was not brought within three months after the claim was rejected, and that therefore it is barred. Sufficient answer to tins contention is found in the fact that a claim for funeral expenses is not one of those claims which the statute…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Golden Gate Undertaking Co. v. TaylorCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Lowry v. CrandallArizona Supreme Court · 1938
  3. In Re Wagner's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
  4. Department of Mental Hygiene v. RosseCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
  5. Butterworth v. BredemeyerWashington Supreme Court · 1916

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