Duddy v. McDonald

On report. This is an action of assumpsit brought against the estate of James M. Mulherrin for funeral expenses. Mulherrin died intestate February 10, 1943. Not till nearly nine years later, on September 9, 1952, was administration sought on his estate. Then a petition for administration was filed and letters of administration were issued to the defendant George E. McDonald on the same day. A proof of claim was filed in the Cumberland County Probate Court on October 10,1952; and suit was commenced in the Superior Court for said County of Cumberland at the November Term 1952. The administrator…