King County v. Estate of Knapp

— This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff entered in an action upon a rejected creditor’s claim, instituted under RCW 11.40.060.

Margaret B. Knapp died testate on April 21, 1957. Immediately prior to her death, she had been a patient at the King County Hospital in Seattle. On July 19, 1957, John F. Vaughan, attorney for one of the named beneficiaries, filed a petition for admission of the will to probate. In October *559of 1957, King county served a claim, for medical and hospital services rendered to the deceased, upon Mr. Vaughan, and filed said claim with the clerk of the superior…