Estate of Hamilton v. Egan

TURSI, Judge.

In a proceeding to reopen an estate to determine allowance or disallowance of a claim, personal representative Kenneth G. Egan, appeals from an order of the trial court holding that the claim had been allowed. We affirm.

Egan, was appointed personal representative in an informal proceeding on February 28, 1979. Claimants, decedent’s former attorneys, properly filed their claim for services rendered to the decedent. The personal representative alleges that unknown to him, the claim and voluminous supporting documents were filed in a separate folder, and therefore, he failed to file…