Maddox v. Maddox

Bicknell, C. C.

This was a claim by an administrator against the estate of his decedent under sections 86, 97 and 101 of the decedents’ act of 1881, as amended by the act of March 7th, 1883, Acts 1883, pp. 153, 155 and 156.

The claim consisted of two promissory notes made by the decedent, one of them payable to the administrator, the other payable to Sophia M. Maddox. Under the statutes aforesaid, such claims may be filed whether they are due or not, and these notes were not yet payable.

The court under section 97, supra, as amended, appointed an attorney to represent the estate, who answered by…