Legal Opinion
Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Faulkner
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided April 27, 1956No. 4471PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLampron, J.
Under RSA 556:1, 3, no action shall be sustained against an executor unless the demand has been exhibited to him within one year after the original grant of administration. Laws of this nature are commonly called nonclaim statutes. See anno. 34 A. L. R. (2d) 1004. Their purpose is to secure the orderly and expeditious settlement of estates. Sullivan v. Marshall, 93 N. H. 456, 458.
There is also a deep rooted principle of law that time does not run against the federal or a state government. State v. Stafford Company, 99 N. H. 92, 97; Davis v. Corona Coal Co., 265 U. S. 219; Guaranty Trust Co.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. SummerlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Davis v. Corona Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Donnally v. Montgomery County Welfare BoardCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Frost v. FrostSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1956
- State v. Lake Winnipesaukee Resort, LLCSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2009
- City of Rochester v. Marcel A. Payeur, Inc. & a.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 2016