When someone files a claim against a dead person's estate, the person in charge of that estate can use the same legal arguments and defenses that the dead person could have used while alive.
473.407. Defenses against . — Any or may assert the same and other defenses against any suit or other instituted against the of his or which he might have made in his lifetime.
(RSMo 1939 § 191, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 153)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 192; 1919 § 191; 1909 § 200
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Related Missouri laws
Offsets or counterclaims
RSMo 473.410
Allowance of claims
RSMo 473.403
Hearing and disposition of claims
RSMo 473.413
Definitions
RSMo 473.399
Recovery of public assistance funds from recipient's estate, when authorized
RSMo 473.398
Classification of claims and statutory allowances
RSMo 473.397
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