Wilson v. Kirby

This is an appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District. The case was one of the presentation of a claim before the county court of Morgan county, for establishment against the estate of John T. Alexander, deceased, and for its allowance as a claim of the sixth class—that is, as a preferred claim, under the following provision of the statute in relation to the classification of claims against the estate of a decedent:

“ Sixth. Where the decedent has received money in trust for any purpose, his executor or administrator shall pay out of his estate the amount thus received and not…