Nels v. Reiter

By petition filed in the probate court, Mary Neis, executrix of the Helfgen estate, prayed that the administratrices of the estate of Joseph J. Eeiter, deceased, should be directed to pay to her forthwith her claim in the amount of $3,090, being the proceeds of a mortgage collected by the deceased a few days prior to his death. The administratrices answered admitting that the collection had been made but denying that the claimant was entitled to preference over other creditors. The probate court allowed the claim and directed that it should be paid forthwith.

Aii appeal was taken to the…