WOLDER v. RAHM

No. 2-57863.

249 N.W.2d 630 (1977)

Mary WOLDER, Appellant, v. Clare J. RAHM, as Administrator of the Estate of Herbert C. Merillat, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Lawrence Oliver, Des Moines, for appellant.

Paul Moser, Jr., Des Moines, for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and RAWLINGS, LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP and REYNOLDSON, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Justice.

In this appeal we confront the issue whether a person whose probate claim has become barred by failure to file the statutory request for hearing following its disallowance may thereafter maintain a civil action against the personal representative based on the same tort.

Dr. Herbert C. Merillat, a specialist in internal medicine and psychiatry, died January 13, 1974. An estate was opened on petition of this plaintiff as creditor.

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