Legal Opinion

State v. French

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided May 25, 1891PublishedCited by 10 opinions

ACTION oil a probate bond; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and heard before J. M. Hall, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The case is fully stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.

The defendant Almon H. French as prin cipal, with the other defendant Joseph W. Johnson as surety, gave a probate bond to the state of Connecticut in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned that the said Almon, who had been duly appointed by the court of probate in and for the district of Bridgeport, administrator on the estate of Laura L. French, late of Easton in that district, deceased, and had accepted the trust, should faithfully perform the duties of that appointment according to law. This suit is brought by the consent of the probate court for the special benefit of Laura Hall,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Minor v. RogersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
  2. Parkman v. Suffolk Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
  3. Comstock's Appeal from CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1887
  4. Moore v. HolmesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1865

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BackusIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Poka v. HoliHawaii Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Johnson v. CookWashington Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Brown v. ClarkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
  5. Bidwell v. BeckwithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913

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