SUMMIT POOL SUPPLIES, INC. v. PRICE

No. 83-1558.

461 So.2d 272 (1985)

SUMMIT POOL SUPPLIES, INC., Appellant, v. Philip W. PRICE, As Personal Representative of the Estate of John W. Beresford, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Kovach, Inverness, for appellant.

George H. Anderson III, John Crider, P.A., Crystal River, for appellee.

Douglas L. Stowell, Mang & Stowell, P.A., Tallahassee, for amicus curiae, Fla. Funeral Directors Ass'n.


ORFINGER, Judge.

We are confronted with the issue of whether a corporate creditor of a decedent may file its own written statement of claim in the estate proceedings, or whether such claim may be filed only by an attorney at law licensed to practice in this state. We hold that the statement of claim may be filed by the corporate creditor, and reverse the order of the probate court holding to the contrary.

Appellant, by its corporate president, filed a $250...

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