CRAWLER PARTS, INC. v. HILL

No. 54056.

441 So.2d 1357 (1983)

CRAWLER PARTS, INC. d/b/a Jackson Tractor Parts of Mississippi v. Susan C. HILL, Executrix of Estate of Alton E. Channell, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa B. Milner, Binder, Kirksey & DeLaughter, Jackson, for appellant.

James D. Shannon, Hazlehurst, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal presents the question whether a claim against a decedent's estate should have been disallowed without an evidentiary hearing on grounds that enforcement of the claim would violate the statute of frauds. Appellee Executrix contends that the claim seeks to charge the decedent's estate with the debt of another absent a writing signed by the decedent during his lifetime. Claimant in no way challenges the rule of law for which...

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