Shemaitis v. Kasputis

Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment disallowing his claim against the estate of Frank Turkman, deceased, on a promissory note for the sum of $1,500, dated December 1, 1921, payable on demand.

The claim was first filed in the probate court and there disallowed. On appeal to the circuit court the validity of the claim was tried by the court, resulting in a finding against the plaintiff. The signature of Frank Turkman on the note is not denied but the executors claim that the indebtedness represented thereby was absorbed in a…