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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Maxell finds the lower court improperly denied a law firm’s claim for payment. The chancery court accepted an offer by the wife of the deceased to purchase the estate's assets with the understanding that certain debts would be paid. The law firm provided $86,000 worth of legal services to the deceased which remains unpaid. A substitute executor argued the firm's claim was not timely, as it was filed outside the four-year statute of limitations period, and the lower court agreed. On appeal, the firm argues the claim is timely, as the purchase agreement specifically ordered the debt to be paid by the estate, which did not happen; the instant court agrees. The matter is remanded to the lower court to instruct the estate to pay the debt per the previous order. Reversed.