SWETT v. ESTATE OF WAKEM


490 A.2d 679 (1985)

Mildred SWETT v. ESTATE OF Joseph J. WAKEM and Barbara TRUDEL v. ESTATE OF Joseph J. WAKEM.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sage, Ayoob & Langley by Lawrence D. Ayoob (orally), Fort Fairfield, for Josephine Bell.

Bernard G. O'Mara (orally), Presque Isle, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


GLASSMAN, Justice.

The estate of Joseph J. Wakem, represented by its personal representative, appeals from a judgment of the Aroostook County Probate Court allowing the claims of Barbara Trudel and Mildred Swett against the estate. We grant the appeal.

Joseph J. Wakem died intestate in Caribou on April 11, 1982. The Probate Court appointed the decedent's sister, Josephine W. Bell, personal representative (PR) of the estate. Notice to creditors was duly published...

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