Jackson v. Estate of Butts

This was a proceeding upon a claim against a decedent’s estate. An answer purporting to be the answer of the estate of the decedent and Elizabeth Butts, administratrix of said estate, was filed. The claimant filed a reply in two paragraphs, the first being the general denial.

The administratrix filed a demurrer to the reply, and the court having sustained the demurrer, the claimant excepting, and thereupon' the “ claimant failing and refusing to amend his reply or plead further, the court ” rendered judgment on the demurrer for the defendant, the claimant excepting.

*385Filed October 27, 1892.

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