Peterson v. First National Bank

CAMERON, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order approving the supplemental accounting of an executor and denying the objections of the appellant made to the said supplemental accounting.

We are called upon to answer two questions: (1) Did the trial court err in admitting evidence of an alleged oral modification of the lease executed by the decedent, and (2) must a person, to be entitled to a set-off against amounts due an estate, file a claim with the executor within four months after notice to creditors as provided by statute (§§ 14-561, 14-570 A.R.S.).

The facts necessary for a…