Case Name: Laha vs. Daly's adm'r
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1866-01-24
Citations: 1 Bush 221
Docket Number: 
Parties: Laha vs. Daly’s adm’r.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 64
Pages: 221–222

Head Matter:
CASE 62 — PETITION EQUITY
JANUARY 24.
Laha vs. Daly’s adm’r.
APPEAL FROM LARUE CIRCUIT COURT.
vA clerk of a court is authorized to administer oaths and certify the affidavits of claimants to demands against decedents’ estates. (1 Slant. Rev, Stat., chap. 37, sec. 35; Civil Code, sec. 611.J
W. Howell, For Appellant.
L. R. Thurman, On same side,
CITED—
Sec. 35, 1 Stant. Rev. Stat.,p. 509.
15 B. Mon., 183 ; Thomas’ ex’or vs. Thomas.
1 Met., 599; Trabue’s ex’or vs. Harris.
Wintersmith, For Appellee,
CITED—
Secs. 35, 36, 37, chap. 37, 1 Stant. Rev. Stat., 509 — 10.
Sub-sec. 3, sec. 3, art. 3, chap. 17, Rev. Stat.
Sub-sec. 4, sec. 1, art. 24, chap. 27, Rev. Stat.
W. B. Read, On same side,
CITED—
1 Rev. Stat., 509, secs. 35, 36.
Sec. 473, Civil Code.

Opinion:
JUDGE WILLIAMS
delivered the opinion op the court :
The affidavit of Laha to his claims against decedent's estate is a substantial compliance with the statute as to form and statements.
It is insisted, however, that the clerk who certified the affidavit had no legal authority to do so under sub-section 3, section 3, article 3, chapter 17, 1 Stanton's Revised Statutes, 250. But Civil Code, section 611, provides that affidavits may be made before a clerk of a court, and this whether pertaining to any matter concerning his office or pending in the court; and section 35, chapter 37, 1 Stanton's Revised Statutes, 509, especially requires that all demands against a decedent's estate " shall be verified by the written affidavit of the claimant."
We think the Code fully authorizes clerks to administer the oath and certify the affidavit; consequently, the court erred in dismissing appellant's petition on rule.
Wherefore, the judgment is reversed.