Johnston v. Shofner
Oregon Supreme Court
Multnomah County. Loyal B. Stearns, Judge. Defendant appeals. This was a proceeding originally commenced in the county court of Multnomah County to have a claim for money against the estate of Wesley Jackson allowed, which the defendant, as administrator of such estate, had disallowed and rejected.
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Multnomah County. Loyal B. Stearns, Judge. Defendant appeals. This was a proceeding originally commenced in the county court of Multnomah County to have a claim for money against the estate of Wesley Jackson allowed, which the defendant, as administrator of such estate, had disallowed and rejected. When the matter came on to be heard, the court, after hearing the evidence of the parties, found that the claim should be allowed, and ordered that the defendant, as such administrator, allow the claim, and that he pay it in due course of administration. From this order an appeal was taken to the…
1Opinion of the CourtLord, C. J.
The question of practice involved in this controversy has been directly presented and decided by this court in Wilkes v. Cornelius, 21 Or. 345 (23 Pac. Rep. 473). It arose upon a claim for money for services rendered, which the executor disallowed, when the claimant ant presented it to the county court for allowance under section 1134, Hill’s Code, providing for the adjudication of claims against the estate of a deceased person in a summary manner. The county court disallowed the claim, and an appeal was taken to the circuit court, the transcript containing all the evidence received by the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wilkes v. CorneliusOregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Wilkes v. CorneliusOregon Supreme Court · 1890
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