Mercer's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

This appeal is from the rejection of a claim presented at the audit of the account of the exécutor of Ellen L. Mercer, who died August 9,1932. Letters testamentary were issued August 15, 1932. The inventory was filed September 14, 1932. Appellant, on September 8, 1935, filed her petition for a citation to require the executor to account. The claim was for $32,147.46 with interest from September 20, 1935, a claim which appellant purchased for $150.

Ellen L. Mercer, on July 1, 1925, became the grantee of land in Florida, subject to a mortgage of $20,000, securing a…