Schluneger v. Seattle-First National Bank

May an action upon a rejected claim in probate be maintained against a corporate executor in a county wherein it transacts business, but in a county other than the one in which it was appointed executor?

Defendant, Seattle-First National Bank, through its Spokane and Eastern branch, was appointed executor of the estate of Frank A. Bryant, deceased, by the superior court of Whitman county. It is alleged that the corporate defendant, a national banking association, does business in the county of Spokane.

Pursuant to notice to creditors of said decedent, plaintiffs served a creditor’s claim upon…