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White's Admr. v. White

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided December 9, 1916PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the administrator of tbe estate of Edwin C. White from the report of the commissioners in said estate allowing the -claim of Lizzie A. White. Heard at the December Term, 1915, Lamoille County, Fish, J., presiding, upon the appellant’s motion to dismiss the proceedings. Motion to dismiss sustained. Exception by the claimant.

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Appeal by the administrator of tbe estate of Edwin C. White from the report of the commissioners in said estate allowing the -claim of Lizzie A. White. Heard at the December Term, 1915, Lamoille County, Fish, J., presiding, upon the appellant’s motion to dismiss the proceedings. Motion to dismiss sustained. Exception by the claimant. The agreed statement of facts showed that commissioners were duly appointed on the estate of Edwin C. White and filed their report with the probate court for the District of Lamoille according to law; that, thereafter, the appellee, Lizzie A. White, addressed a…

1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.

Under the provisions of section 2821 of the Public Statutes, before the amendment mentioned below, on application of a creditor who had failed to present his claim to the commissioners to receive, examine, and adjust claims and demands presented against a deceased person, made within the time limited, the probate court, “for cause shown,” could renew the commission and allow a further time for the commissioners to examine the claim. This section was amended by No. 72, Acts of 1908, in several respects; but the only change material to the matters before us, was the dropping out of the *77statute…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In re AllenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1909
  2. Corliss v. CorlissSupreme Court of Vermont · 1836
  3. Barrett v. CraneSupreme Court of Vermont · 1844
  4. Walbridge v. HallSupreme Court of Vermont · 1830
  5. Timothy v. FarrSupreme Court of Vermont · 1869

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re Hanrahan's WillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1937
  2. Barber v. ChaseSupreme Court of Vermont · 1928
  3. In Re the Estate of ManleySupreme Court of Vermont · 1942
  4. Fillmore v. Estate of MorganSupreme Court of Vermont · 1919
  5. Probate Court v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Vermont · 1934

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