20 Wis. 475 | Wis. | 1866
It is insisted that that portion of the order of distribution appealed from is erroneous and should be reversed, for tbe reason that tbe county judge, on tbe 17th day of March, 1862, bad no power to allow or act upon tbe claim, and that bis allowance thereof at that time was wholly unauthorized and void.
It appears that on tbe 29th day of September, 1860, letters of administration upon tbe estate of John T. Martin were issued, and at tbe same time an order was made giving tbe creditors of tbe estate eight months from that date to present their claims to tbe county judge for examination and allowance. Tbe respondent, it appears, did not present bis claim within tbe time limited in this order, which, it will be seen, would expire on tbe 29th day of May, 1861. On tbe 20th day of January, 1862, tbe respondent made an aieplication to tbe
Section 5, chap. 101, R. S., declares that the county court shall allow such time as the circumstances of the case shall require, for the creditors to present their claims for examination and allowance, which time, in the first instance, shall not be more than eighteen months, nor less than six months; and the time allowed must be stated in the commission.
Section 6 of the same chapter provides, that the county court may extend the time allowed the creditors to present their claims as the circumstances of the case may require, but not so that the whole time shall exceed two years from the time of appointing commissioners to examine claims. While section 7 further provides that, on application of a creditor who has failed to present his claim, if made within six months from the time previously limited, the court may, for good cause shown, renew the commission and allow further time, not exceeding three months, to examine the claim, &c. It was doubtless intended to bring the application in this case within sec
By the Oourt. — Order of the circuit court affirmed.