Court Opinion

ID: 9825709
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 13:59:23.742199+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:22:45.777867
License: Public Domain

Humphreys, J., (on rehearing). On motion for rehearing our attention has again been called to a number of cases holding that the affidavit of authentication to a claim against an estate is a prerequisite to an allowance thereof, and that it must conform to § 103 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest in substance. Ross v. Hine, 48 Ark. 305, and Carl Lee v. Griffith, 153 Ark. 77 are among the cases cited. We have examined the cases, and none of them reaches to the point involved in the instant case. In the instant case the affidavit was made by the right party in fact, the cashier, but he was designated as the bookkeeper. It would be exceedingly technical to hold that an incorrect designation of one who was entitled to make an affidavit would nullify the affidavit. The right party made the affidavit but made an erroneous title. iWe think under these circumstances the affidavit substantially complied with the requirements of the statute and was sufficient. The motion for rehearing is therefore overruled.