473.407. Defenses against claims. — 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 191, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 153)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 192; 1919 § 191; 1909 § 200