Donlevy's Estate

Stearne, J.,

Exceptions have been filed to an auditing judge’s allowance of a claim of a corporation against the decedent’s estate. The claim is based upon an alleged illegal and irregular payment of corporate funds (designated on the corporate books as “interest”) by the corporation itself to decedent in his lifetime. Such payments were made from July 7, 1930, to July 2,1934. Decedent died August 22,1934.

At the inception it must be borne in mind that: “A claim against the estate of a decedent must be as definite and precise as is required to recover a debt in an action at law. While formal…