Watkins v. Donnelly

In the probate court of Jackson county a claim was presented against th.e estate of which the above nameda executors had charge. It was as follows :

“'Estate of Mary A. Troost to J. Q. Watkins, Dr.

“ To services rendered from July, 1869, to February, 1872, $2,500.”

This demand was allowed in the probate court to the amount of $2,000, and on appeal to the .circuit court, where the cause remained some years before being tried, the demand was there allowed in the sum of $2,375, and the executors have appealed here.

*323I. The statute requires that the person about to exhibit a claim against an estate…