Rae's Estate

Per Curiam,

Walter S. Rae died in November, 1939. Letters testamentary were granted to his son and daughter, Walter S. Rae, Jr., and Mrs. Stiening. On March 20,1940, the son’s resignation as co-executor was accepted. When the executrix’s account came on for audit in 1941, a claim by B. B. Byers, now the appellant, was presented and rejected by the court.

The rule is well established that a claim, which might have been presented to a party in his lifetime, will be subjected to most careful scrutiny, if presented to his personal representative; the terms of the contract must be clear, certain and…