Miss. Code § 91-7-165

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 91-7-165 - Claims may be contested

The executor or administrator, legatee, heir, or any creditor may contest a claim presented against the estate. The court or clerk may refer the same to auditors, who shall hear and reduce to writing the evidence on both sides, if any be offered, and report their findings with the evidence to the court. Thereupon the court may allow or disallow the claim, but such proceeding shall not be had without notice to the claimant.

Miss. Code § 91-7-165

Codes, 1857, ch. 60, art. 84; 1871, § 1142; 1880, § 2029; 1892, § 1934; 1906, § 2108; Hemingway's 1917, § 1776; 1930, § 1678; 1942, § 575.