In Re Estate of Burns

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

This appeal is from a judgment in the district court denying a probate claim filed by appellant Mary Elaine Meyers. The claim is based upon a claim of title to certain funds used to restore the structure and furnishings of a residence owned by a decedent at the time of her death.

We are confronted at the outset with a motion to dismiss on the ground the appeal was not timely filed. The claim originally was heard in the district court, probate department, and rejected by an associate district judge in a letter dated May 16, 1978, stating: “The…