Lockwood v. Robbins
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Steuben Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
— Leon Robbins filed a claim for three years and six months work and labor against the estate of Alonzo Lockwood, deceased.
The statute requires that in prosecuting claims against an estate a succinct statement of the nature and amount of the claim shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the estate is pending. It is, hence, not necessary that *399there should be a formal complaint, if the statement shows the nature and amount of the claim with sufficient precision to bar another action and a prima facie right to recover. Hileman v. Hileman, 85 Ind. 1; Huston v. First Nat’l…
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