Mathe v. Fowler

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Probate Division of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas in which the court denied plaintiffs-appellants’ motion to vacate the order approving and settling the final account.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Frank and Karen Mathe, are tort claimants. Defendant-appellee, Alvern A. Fowler, is administratrix of the estate of her husband, Warren A. Fowler.

On February 23, 1981, appellee was appointed administratrix of her husband’s estate. On March 6, 1981, appellants filed a tort claim purportedly against the estate. The body of the complaint named appellee as an…