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TERRITORY v. EST. LUCY KEALOHA, DECSD.

No. 4064.

43 Haw. 237 (1959)

TERRITORY OF HAWAII, BY EDWARD N. SYLVA, ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL v. VIOLET LUA MAKAAA, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF LUCY KEALOHA, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided May 5, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Alexander for defendant-appellant.

Herbert Y.C. Choy, Attorney General, and Willson C. Moore, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for plaintiff-appellee.

RICE, C.J., STAINBACK AND MARUMOTO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY STAINBACK, J.

This is an action in assumpsit brought by the Territory against the defendant-appellant, administratrix of her deceased sister's estate, for payment of the sum of $1,629.75, being the amount of financial assistance rendered the deceased by the department of public welfare. The claim was not filed against the estate within the four-month period prescribed by statute for creditors' claims against the estate of a decedent. The Territory...

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