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AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY v. BINDEMAN

No. 6343.

303 A.2d 188 (1973)

AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. J. Edward BINDEMAN, Executor of the Estate of John H. Davis, Deceased, and Earl F. Sodeman, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Wilson, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leonard W. Burka, Washington, D. C., for appellee Bindeman.

Blaine P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., with whom Mark P. Friedlander, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Sodeman. Mark P. Friedlander, Harry P. Friedlander, Marshall H. Brooks, and Jerome P. Friedlander, II, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and FICKLING and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

The issue presented on this appeal is whether the docketing of a duly authenticated claim against a decedent's estate in the office of the Register of Wills tolls the general three-year statute of limitations and brings the claim within the special short term statute of limitations, D.C.Code 1967, § 20-13181 so as to protect the claimant until three months after the claim is rejected or disputed by the executor...

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