Nichols v. Cass
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Appeal, from a decree of the judge of probate ordering distribution of all the property of Sleeper, an insolvent, who filed an assignment August 9, 1887. The plaintiff is a creditor residing in Massachusetts, and his name is in the list of creditors field by Sleeper. Due notice was given the plaintiff and other creditors.
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Appeal, from a decree of the judge of probate ordering distribution of all the property of Sleeper, an insolvent, who filed an assignment August 9, 1887. The plaintiff is a creditor residing in Massachusetts, and his name is in the list of creditors field by Sleeper. Due notice was given the plaintiff and other creditors. A statement of the plaintiff’s claim was filed in the probate office November 28, 1887 : further time for filing it has not been given, and he is not one of the distributees named in the decree.
1Opinion of the Court
Doe, G. J.
Claims “shall be filed within one month after said assignment, and all objections thereto within three months after said assignment, unless said judge, upon cause shown, shall give a further time to any party omitting, not exceeding two months additional; and the accounts . . . shall be rendered within six months after the appointment. . . . The estate shall be closed and a final distribution made within one year from the date of the assignment, unless the judge of probate, for good cause, and upon the written consent of a majority in number of the creditors owning a majority in…
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