Hill v. Julian

1. The statutory provision that no suit to recover a debt due by a decedent shall be commenced against his legal representative until the expiration of twelve months from his qualification is for the security of such representative, to protect him from suit until he can ascertain the condition of the estate; and if he suffers a judgment to be rendered against him during that period, a claimant of property against which such judgment is sought to be enforced can not bring into question the validity thereof, since its rendition within that period can in no way have operated to his prejudice.…