In re the Estate of Coventry

Feely, S.

Respondent moves to dismiss the petition to have this court reopen a decree of judicial settlement and to fix the amount of the legal services rendered by petitioner’s testator in the probate of the will and liquidation of the estate of the above-named testator. The grounds urged are that the petition, on its face, in the most favorable light to the petitioner, not only does not state a cause of action, but also does set out facts which show that the claim made therein is barred by the six-year Statute of Limitations,

i The facts alleged are that the petitioner’s testator, a local…