North Dakota Law Review/Volume 1/Number 2/Probate Code Committee Reports

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PROBATE CODE COMMITTEE REPORTS

The report of Hon. Horace Bagley, Chairman of the Committee on Revision of Probate Code is that the Committee has decided upon the following course of action:

"To have introduced a bill amending the present Probate Code in the following respects:

  1. To provide a uniform form of citation and methods of service thereof and abolishing the order hearing petition;
  2. To provide for filing all claims with the County Judge and fixing a day of hearing thereon, on which day said claims shall be adjudicated;
  3. To simplify and make uniform the procedure on petition to sell and to mortgage real estate.

"In addition to the above bill, it was decided to introduce a bill to define the liability of executors and administrators for money on deposit in banks in case of failure thereof."