Casper v. Estate of Bell

Henry Casper filed a claim in the probate court against the estate of Nina Z. Bell, deceased. The claim was based on two promissory notes. The defense was the 10 year statute of limitations. Sec. 1013 R.S. 1939, Mo. RSA Sec. 1013. The claim was allowed in the probate court for $10,479.08, and appeal was taken to the circuit court. Henry Casper died after the appeal from the probate court and before the cause was tried in the circuit court, and his executrix was substituted as plaintiff or claimant in the circuit court. The claim was disallowed in the circuit court and this appeal followed.

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