Marsh v. Dooley

Citations

• 52 Cal. 232

Syllabus

<p>Claim agaimst am Estate.—The payee and legal owner and not the equitable owner of a note and mortgage, so long as it remains in his possession unassigned, is the person to present the same for allowance to the administrator of the estate of the payor, and if he does not so present it within the time required by statute, it is barred, even if the equitable owner resided out of the State, and did not know of the death of the payor.</p>