Hr Accounts, Inc. v. Steel Estate, Unpublished Decision (5-5-2006)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant the estate of Harriet Steel, by its executrix, Jennifer Marsha Steel, a.k.a. Jennifer Marsha Glander, appeals from a summary judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff-appellee H R Accounts, Inc., assignee of Pioneer Hibred International, Inc. The Estate contends that H R's claim against it was perfected more than one year after the decedent died, and is therefore time-barred by R.C. 2117.06.

{¶ 2} We conclude that the claim against the Estate was perfected when the executrix was notified of the claim, in writing, within the time permitted by the statute.…