IRELAND, J.
This case raises the question whether a former wife's action for contracted-for alimony, commenced five years after the death of her former husband, is governed by the one-year limitation period in G. L. c. 197, § 9 (a), or by G. L. c. 197, § 13, which provides a limitation period that expires when the decedent's estate has been fully administered. We conclude that the plaintiff's claim for alimony due during the year following the decedent...
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