Case Name: In re Swanton's Estate SMITH v. OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY et al.
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1936-06-16
Citations: 153 Or. 644
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re Swanton’s Estate SMITH v. OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY et al.
Judges: Belt and Kelly, JJ., not sitting.
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 153
Pages: 644–645

Head Matter:
Argued June 10;
affirmed June 16, 1936
In re Swanton’s Estate SMITH v. OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY et al.
(58 P. (2d) 604)
John H. Hall, of Portland (John Guy Wilson, of Portland, on the brief), for appellant.
Wilber Henderson and J. F. Alexander, both of Portland (Henderson & Warner, of Portland, on the brief), for respondents.

Opinion:
CAMPBELL, C. J.
Ella L. Swanton died testate in Multnomah county, Oregon. Thereafter, her will was probated and Leotta B. Smith was appointed executrix thereof. Leotta B. Smith, as an individual, presented a claim against the estate in the probate court of said county in the sum of $3,737.77 in accordance with the provisions of § 11-504, Oregon Code 1930. One of the devisees- objected to the allowance of the said claim. Neither party demanded that the claimant bring an action against the estate "in the manner in which other actions are brought ": Oregon Code 1930, § 28-841. The matter was thereupon tried in a summary manner by the probate judge and, after hearing the testimony and argument of counsel for the respective parties, he entered an order disallowing said claim without making findings of fact other than said order. From this order the claimant appeals.
The only error assigned is that the court failed to make findings either special or general upon which to base the judgment. .
This identical question has recently been before this court and it would serve no useful purpose to again write an elaborate opinion. On the authority of In re Stout's Estate, 151 Or. 411 (50 P. (2d) 768, 101 A. L. R. 672), the judgment of the circuit court is affirmed. It so ordered.
Belt and Kelly, JJ., not sitting.