Washburn

The allegations of the amended complaint recite the following facts: That respondent was the duly appointed, qualified and acting administrator of the estate of Emily M. Whiting, deceased; that on or about February 8, 1929, letters of administration upon her estate were issued to defendant; that defendant caused a notice to creditors of said deceased to be published in the manner required by law, requiring all persons having claims against said deceased to exhibit them to said administrator at El Centro, California, said place being specified therein as his place of business, within four months from February 28, 1929, the last day for filing claims in said estate being June 28, 1929. That on June 15, 1929, appellant filed an original affidavit or verified claim (a copy of which was attached to the original complaint, marked exhibit A, and referred to in the amended complaint .by reference only) with the Division of Labor Statistics and Law Eiiforcement in California, at its regular office in the Rowell Building, Fresno, California, setting forth certain items of wages due her from said estate for services performed in the city of Fresno.

A portion of the purported claim contains…