Case ID: kirby_1/html/0423-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "By the whole Court.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Fanning et al. v. Coit.
    A claim of debt against tbe estate of a deceased person, not being exhibited to the administrator within the time limited by the Gourt of Probate, is foreclosed, and no court can relieve against it.
    Ooit preferred bis petition to tbe Oourt of Common Pleas, against Fanning and others, administrators on tbe estate of Hurlbut, deceased, alleging — Tbat himself, tbe deceased, and one other, bad been partners in trade: Tbat since tbe death of said Hurlbut a demand had been exhibited against said partnership, which was tbe joint duty of said partners to bave discharged, and tbe petitioner was obliged to pay tbe whole thereof: — Therefore, praying for a decree tbat said administrators should pay out of tbe estate of said deceased, such proportion of said demand as belonged to their intestate to have paid.
    There was a plea in abatement — Tbat said Ooit did not exhibit bis claim against tbe estate of said Hurlbut, within tbe time limited by the judge of probate: But it was ruled insufficient by tbe Court of Common Pleas, and a decree passed.
    On writ of error, tbe decree was bere reversed.— Eor,
   By the whole Court.

Tbe petitioner neglecting to exhibit bis claim to tbe administrators, witbin tbe time limited by tbe Court of Probate, was, by a positive statute, foreclosed from any recovery afterwards; wbicb no court of law or equity batb right to dispense with, or relieve against.