Cottrell v. Connecticut Bank & Trust Co.

The Probate Court for the district of Stonington allowed an appeal by the plaintiff from its allowance of a second preliminary administration account for the estate of Leone B. Cottrell. The named defendant, an administrator, filed a plea in abatement stating that the plaintiff was legally incapable of bringing the appeal as a conservator had previously been appointed for her by the Probate Court for the district of Stonington. The plaintiff demurred to the plea in abatement on the ground “that in Connecticut an incompetent person is under no disability to bring suit in his own name.” The…