Any executor or administrator may assert the same offsets and other defenses against any suit or other proceeding instituted against the estate of his testator or intestate which he might have made in his lifetime.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.407
Defenses against claims
Effective: 28 Aug 1955; (RSMo 1939 § 191, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 153); Prior revisions: 1929 § 192; 1919 § 191; 1909 § 200
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.