Legal Opinion

Buckingham's Appeal From Probate

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 4, 1891PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from a probate decree accepting and approving the administration account of the executor of the will of Irene Clark, deceased ; taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The case was heard before Robinson, J., by whom the following finding of facts was made.

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Appeal from a probate decree accepting and approving the administration account of the executor of the will of Irene Clark, deceased ; taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The case was heard before Robinson, J., by whom the following finding of facts was made. Irene M. Clark died in April, 1887, leaving a will, dated November 11th, 1881, which was duly probated, by which she gave all the residue of her personal property to the appellant and five others, to be equally divided among them. On the 15th of October, 1884, she had on deposit in the Connecticut Savings Bank of New Haven…

1Opinion of the CourtTorkANCE, J.

In the case at bar the present appellant, Irene M. Buckingham, took an appeal to the Superior Court from a decree of the court of probate for the district of Milford accepting and approving the final administration account of the executor upon the estate of one Irene Clark, deceased. The appellant was ohe of the residuary legatees of the personal property under the will. The reasons assigned for taking the appeal were three in number, namely:—

First. Because the executor had not charged himself with all the assets and property belonging to the estate that came into his hands.

Second. Because…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Teague v. CorbittSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
  2. Stone v. WoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1854
  3. Supples v. CannonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
  4. Jacques v. Bridgeport Horse RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1874
  5. Beecher v. BuckinghamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1846

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Main's Appeal From ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1901
  2. State v. SchleiferSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
  3. Candee v. Connecticut Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
  4. Curtis v. BradleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
  5. Meriden Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1914

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