Ives' Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a decree of a probate court, reserved by the superior court for the advice of this court. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHinmak, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the court of probate, in the settlement of the assigned estate of Gershom Birdsey. The appellant, with others, was summoned before that court by the trustee, under the 72d section of the statute relating to the settlement of estates, (Comp. 1854, p. 509,) to be examined on oath in respect to property belonging to the estate, which it was claimed they had in their possession and control, and refused to deliver or give a satisfactory account of to the trustee, so as to enable him to cause an inventory thereof to be made. The court of probate found the…
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