Demands to be chargeable against the decedent should be based upon some express or implied contractual relation obligatory upon him during his lifetime.

1 Smith vs. Goodrich, 167 Ill., 46.

Judgments are proper claims against an estate.2 Action for breach of covenants, where the breach took place before the death of the deceased, contracts for the purchase of lands, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness, are all proper charges and claims to be allowed against the estate of the deceased. An indebtedness, even though secured by mortgage upon said estate of the decedent, is a proper charge against the estate, and must be paid in like manner as any other debt.