Bliss v. Little's Adm.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court distributing the estate of Daphna D. Little. Trial by court at the September term, 1889, Washington county, Boss, J"., presiding: The court affirmed the decree of the Probate Court, to which the appellant excepted. The case appears in the opinion. The notes are barred by the neglect of the administrator to exhibit tliein in offset before the commissioners.
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Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court distributing the estate of Daphna D. Little. Trial by court at the September term, 1889, Washington county, Boss, J"., presiding: The court affirmed the decree of the Probate Court, to which the appellant excepted. The case appears in the opinion. The notes are barred by the neglect of the administrator to exhibit tliein in offset before the commissioners. Probate Ooiirt v. Q-ale, 47 Yt. 473 ; Stearns v. Stecurns, 30 Yt. 213, 217, 218 ; Allen v. Bice, 22 Yt. 333. The administrator was not bound to present these notes in offset. The appellant had no…
1Opinion of the Court
Tlie opinion of tlie court was delivered by
TYLER, J.
Tlie following facts appear in tlie agreed statement and in tlie finding of tlie court below: Tlie appellant on tlie 28tli of September, 1857, gave liis mother, Daplina D. Little, four promissory notes of §300 each, payable in one, two, three and four years from date, respectively, at annual interest, and a mortgage on a farm in Calais to secure the payment thereof. Mrs. Little died July 1, 188(5, and an administrator and commissioners were appointed upon her estate. Tlie plaintiff; and Mrs. Hutchinson are the only heirs. The plaintiff…
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