Bowden v. Ward

OPINION

in which ANDERSON, C.J., HOLDER and BARKER, JJ., joined.

The appellant, Shirley Dianne Bowden, executrix of the estate of Jones Elmer Bowden, challenges a claim against the estate filed by the appellee, Larry E. Ward, an individual creditor. Ward received a copy of the published notice which erroneously stated that he had only six months from the date of the first publication of the Notice to Creditors in which to file a claim. He received this notice after the six-month time period had expired. Ward claimed that such notice did not constitute “actual notice,” and therefore, his…