Moyer v. Bray
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against the administrator of the estate of William A. Bray, late of Lynn, on a judgment for $1,227 damages and $39.53 costs obtained against the defendant’s intestate on February 6, 1896. Writ dated August 26, 1914. The defendant in his answer alleged that he gave notice of his appointment as administrator on January 13, 1913, that he had paid out the whole of the estate of his intestate ^amounting to $2,598.64] in the payment of debts of which he had notice, that…
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Contract against the administrator of the estate of William A. Bray, late of Lynn, on a judgment for $1,227 damages and $39.53 costs obtained against the defendant’s intestate on February 6, 1896. Writ dated August 26, 1914. The defendant in his answer alleged that he gave notice of his appointment as administrator on January 13, 1913, that he had paid out the whole of the estate of his intestate ^amounting to $2,598.64] in the payment of debts of which he had notice, that he had no notice of the plaintiff’s demand against the estate until the service of the writ upon him on August 28, 1914,…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
This is an action on a judgment for $1,227 damages and $39.53 costs, recovered in February, 1896, against William A. Bray.
William A. Bray died intestate January 7, 1913. January 9, 1913, the defendant was appointed administrator of his estate; he duly qualified, gave due notice of his appointment, and on April 8, 1913, filed an inventory. On the second day of October, 1913, he paid the debts due from the estate of which he had notice, to the amount of $2,598.64, and in so doing exhausted the entire estate of the deceased. This writ was served on the defendant August 28, 1914, more than one…
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