Jenkins v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; 1. The court shall hear and determine all demands presented for allowance, in a summary manner, without the forms of pleadings, and in taking testimony shall be governed by the rules of law in such cases made and provided.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; 1. The court shall hear and determine all demands presented for allowance, in a summary manner, without the forms of pleadings, and in taking testimony shall be governed by the rules of law in such cases made and provided. Kirby’s Digest, § 127. It can adopt any method appropriate for arriving at the merits of the case. 33 Ark. 661. The administrator may prove the credit to which the estate is entitled in the account between himself and the claimant, and the court may adjust the same and ascertain the balance. Ib. 662. See also 14…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.
Appellee, N. T. Jenkins, presented to appellant, P. G. Jenkins, as administrator of the estate of P. N. . Vaugine, deceased, for allowance a claim of $1,168.33 against said estate.
The administrator made the following indorsement upon the claim:
“Seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents of this claim is allowed as a fourth-class claim, which should be credited on an indebtedness due estate by N. T. Jenkins. The balance of the claim is refused.
“May 11, 1900.
“P. G. Jenkins, Administrator.”
Appellee thereupon filed his claim, with said indorsement thereon, in the Probate Court…
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