Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Davis
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided March 11, 1966No. 223PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Holden C. J.
Joan Davis Steindler, the daughter of the testator, seeks review of the questions of law in the decree of distribution ordered by the probate court for the district of Manchester. The notice of appeal, filed pursuant to 12 V.S.A. §2382, names the Supreme Court as the tribunal to which the appeal is taken. The appeal is challenged at the threshold by a motion to dismiss filed by the executor and co-residuary legatee, Evelyn Woods Davis.
The motion to dismiss presents the single question of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to review the decree on the direct appeal from the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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