Staples's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the appellant as administrator of the estate of Charry Staples, his deceased wife, from a decree of the probate court disallowing his administration account; taken to the Superior Court. Facts found by a committee and the decree of the probate court affirmed. ('Beardsley, J.~) Appeal to this court by the appellant. The points decided will be sufficiently understood without a statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
The appellant was administrator on the *426estate of his deceased wife. In his administration account he charged the estate with her funeral expenses. The claim was disallowed hy the probate court, and the disallowance was affirmed by the court below.
We think no error was committed in this ruling. The cases of Sears v. Griddey, 41 Mich., 591, and Cunningham v. Reardon, 98 Mass., 538, fully sustain the decision. These cases hold that “ every husband is bound at the common law to bury his deceased wife in a suitable manner, that is to say, he is bound to defray all necessary expenses.” We fully…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cunningham v. ReardonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
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