Oregon Supreme Court April 21, 1965 (Berg v. Nelson)

SLOAN, J.

In this insolvent estate the claimant, Multnomah County, had filed a claim for expenses of last sickness incurred at the county hospital. The objector Berg had a claim for funeral expenses. ORS 117.110 (1) provides that funeral charges and expenses of last sickness have equal priority of payment from the assets of a decedent’s estate.