Farmer v. Sales

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Rees

Reversing..

Beatrice Sales died intestate June 12, 1945, a resident of Daviess county. She left her husband, George B. Sales, one brother and three sisters surviving her. On October 19, 1945, Mary Taylor Farmer, claiming to-be a creditor of the estate of the decedent, brought this action against George B. Sales and the brother and three sisters of Beatrice Sales to recover $987, with interest from January 1, 1942, and for a settlement of the decedent’s estate. No personal representative had been appointed prior to the institution of the action. It was…