Grimes v. Bush
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebasticm Ovrouit Oourt. The Hon. Felix J. Batsox, Circuit Judge. A copy of the claim, not having been served, on the administrator, the judgment, according to Borden vs. Fowler, 14 Arle. 474, must be reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justioe Soott
delivered the opinion of the Oourt.
This cause originated in the Probate Court of Sebastian county, where Grimes, as administrator, appeared in January, 1855, in pursuance of notice under the statute, to contest the allowance of an alleged claim of Bush against the estate of his intestate. The claim was a money demand, the open account for which was regularly authenticated, and upon it was endorsed, over the signature of Grimes as administrator: “Examined, 'disallowed, and rejected, 5th day of November, 1853.”
When Bush presented the claim to the court for allowance, Grimes…
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