Estate of Anson

The county court is a court of limited jurisdiction. • It is a creature of the statute. It must appear upon the face of its proceedings that it acts within the powers granted. Crawford Co. v. Le Clerc, 3 Pin. 325.

The statutory requirements to obtain jurisdiction must be *444followed with a reasonable degree of strictness. Heminway v. Reynolds, 98 Wis. 501, 74 N. W. 350.

To get jurisdiction of the creditors the statutes require (1) that the county court, by order, shall fix a time not less than four months nor. more than one year thereafter within which creditors shall present their claims for…