First National Bank v. Root

Citations

• 19 Wash. 111
• 52 P. 521

Syllabus

<p>DECEDENT’S ESTATE — CLAIMS —ACTION ON REJECTED CLAIM — EVIDENCE.</p> <p>In presenting to the administrator of an estate a claim based upon a promissory note, a copy of the note verified by affidavit is sufficient under Code Proe., § 980 (Bal. Code, § 6229), without producing the original, unless the production of the latter for examination may have been demanded by the administrator.</p> <p>In an action against an administrator upon a claim founded upon a promissory note, which had been rejected by him, both the original note and the rejected statement of claim containing a copy of the original note, are admissible in evidence.</p>