In Re the Estate of Nicholas

Calhoun, Judge:

E. R. Staats, Administrator of the Estate of Amanda Nicholas, deceased, prosecutes this writ of error to an order of the Circuit Court of Wood County entered therein on September 4, 1957, affirming an order of the County Court of Wood County entered on January 4, 1954.

The basic question involved is whether C. P. Nicholas is entitled to assert and have allowed against the estate of his deceased wife, Amanda Nicholas, a claim of $720, representing her funeral expenses paid by him.

On December 27, 1954, upon motion of C. P. Nicholas the circuit court dismissed the appeal from the…