In re Brown's Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition for leave to enter a belated appeal from a judgment of the probate court. Trial by court at the September Term, 1913, Washington County, Butler, J., presiding. Petition dismissed with costs to the petitionee. The petitioner excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
This is a petition -for leave to enter in the county court an appeal from a decision of the commissioners on the estate of Andrew C. Brown allowing a claim in favor of the estate of Lucia G-. Brown,- — on the ground that the petitioner was prevented from taking an appeal by accident or mistake. The petitioner is Rome G-. Brown, a son of the decedent, residing in Minnesota; and he employed Mr. IT. C. Shurtleff to contest the claim and take an appeal in case of an allowance. Mr. Shurtleff arranged with one of the commissioners to inform him when the report was filed, but the commissioner forgot…
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