Hewins v. Weiler’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In re Davis' Estate · Gilmore v. Board of Commissioners · Gibson v. Gordon · Keystone Pipe & Supply Co. v. Liberty Refining Co. · 220 Mo. App. 963 - Riley v. Citizens Bank of Windsor
Most-quoted passages
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“A. On the day appointed or any subsequent day to which the hearing is postponed, any person interested in the estate may appear and file exceptions, in writing, to the account, and contest it. All matters, including allowed claims, not passed upon in settlement of a former account or report or on making a decree of sale, may be contested by the heir» for cause shown. B. The bearing may be postponed from time to time, and the court may appoint one or more referees to examine the accounts and make report thereon.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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