Wilkins v. Wilkins
Washington Supreme Court
Error to District Court, Chehalis County. On tbe 20th day of March, 1888, Robert Wilkins was appointed, by the probate court of Chehalis county, administrator of the estate of Oliver Seeley, deceased, and on the 5th day of April, 1888, he presented to himself as administrator of said estate, a claim of his own of $100 against said Seeley, and as such administrator allowed the claim against said estate, and presented the same to the judge of the probate court for allowance.
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Error to District Court, Chehalis County. On tbe 20th day of March, 1888, Robert Wilkins was appointed, by the probate court of Chehalis county, administrator of the estate of Oliver Seeley, deceased, and on the 5th day of April, 1888, he presented to himself as administrator of said estate, a claim of his own of $100 against said Seeley, and as such administrator allowed the claim against said estate, and presented the same to the judge of the probate court for allowance. At the May term of said court the claim was disallowed by the judge of probate, and an appeal was taken to the district…
1Opinion of the Court
*88The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hoyt, J.
The only question presented by the record in this causéis, as to the effect of § 1472 of the code upon the right of appeal from the probate court, as provided in certain other sections of said code. The said section is as follows: “ When a claim is rejected by either the executor, administrator or the judge of probate court, the holder must bring suit in the proper court against the executor or administrator within three months after its rejection, otherwise the claim shall be forever barred.” And we think the provision therein, that the…
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