LaPlante v. Convery

The proceedings in this case, occurring prior to the act of 1881 relating to the settlement of decedents’ estates, are governed by the act upon that subject of 1852. The facts material to be stated are as follows:

In 1876 Gerhard Reiter and his wife executed a mortgage upon his real estate to the appellant to secure a note, then given by said Gerhard to the appellant, in the sum of $5,225, payable two years after date, with ten per cent, interest. Reiter died without paying any of this debt. His wife survived him. *500Appellee Convery was appointed administrator of Reiter’s estate. As such…