Beekman v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. John M. Wood, Judge. (1) Where the publication of the notice to creditors is in due form, a claim against an estate must be exhibited and filed within two years from the grant of letters,.or it is barred, unless it comes within one of the saving clauses of the statute. The law is very strict in requiring creditors to comply with these statutes of non-claim. Ignorance of Spore’s death on tbe part of claimants was no excuse.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. John M. Wood, Judge. (1) Where the publication of the notice to creditors is in due form, a claim against an estate must be exhibited and filed within two years from the grant of letters,.or it is barred, unless it comes within one of the saving clauses of the statute. The law is very strict in requiring creditors to comply with these statutes of non-claim. Ignorance of Spore’s death on tbe part of claimants was no excuse. Woerner on Admin., sec. 402; Eichardson v. Harrison, 36 Mo. 96; Nelson v. Hae-berle, 26 Mo. App. 1; Morgan v. Hamlet, 113…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This is a suit in equity by plaintiff against the public administrator of the city of St. Louis having in charge the estate of James Spore, deceased, whereby it is sought to have the surplus in the hands of the administrator belonging to the estate of the decedent, after the payment of all classified and allowed claims against said estate, applied to the satisfaction of a judgment rendered in favor of Robert W. Parcels as trustee for the use of plaintiff and her husband against the said James Spore during his lifetime, which said judgment it is alleged had not. been presented for…
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