Estate of Kuhlman

Citations

• 180 Pa. 109
• 36 A. 566
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 883

Syllabus

<p>Executors and administrators — Statute of limitations — Decedents' estates.</p> <p>While an executor is not bound to plead the statute of limitations against a just claim, if the executor is himself the claimant against the estate he must give due legal notice of his claim to the other persons interested in the estate and afford them an opportunity to be heard.</p> <p>Where an executor who is a creditor of the testator on promissory notes has done nothing to toll the statute of limitations within six years after the notes became due, he is not entitled to take credit in his account for the amount of the notes.</p>