Strand v. Stewart

Citations

• 51 Wash. 685
• 99 P. 1027
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1257

Syllabus

<p>Executors and Administrators — Claims—Presentation—Limitation of Actions. Claims against the executors of a nonintervention will are barred if not presented within the year limited by notice to creditors.</p> <p>Same — Constitutional Law — Procedure—Vested Rights. Laws. 1897, p. 285, providing for the publication of notice to creditors by executors of a nonintervention will applies to wills executed prior to the passage of the act, as it relates to a mere matter of procedure; and the same does not affect vested rights where the testator died after the act went into effect.</p> <p>Wills — What Law Governs — Date of Testator’s Death. The-right to make a testamentary disposition of property is governed by the laws in force at the date of the testator’s death, and wills must conform thereto.</p> <p>Executors and Administrators — Claims—Notice to Creditors— Solvency of Estate — Nonintervention Wills. An adjudication of solvency of an estate, in the case of a nonintervention will, need not precede the publication of notice to creditors, which, by Bal. Code, § 6226, is required immediately upon appointment.</p>