Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Seward
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 28, 2007No. B190103PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLEIN, P. J.
Plaintiff and appellant Caroline Stewart (Stewart) appeals an order dismissing her complaint following the sustaining without leave of a demurrer interposed by defendant and respondent Shedra K. Seward, administrator of the estate of Wilmer Koontz (administrator).
The essential issue presented is whether the trial court properly found Stewart’s action is barred by the one-year statute of limitations provided in Code of Civil Procedure section 366.3.
We reject Stewart’s theory she was a “creditor” of the estate of Wilmer Koontz (Wilmer) and that, following the administrator’s…
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