Winton v. Meeker
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit. The plaintiff, in his declaration, alleged that before the first day of September, A. D. 1846, one Joseph Meeker, then of Westport, in this state, had died intestate, leaving certain estate on which no administiation had been taken on said 1st day of September; and that the defendants, desiring that the plaintiff should become administrator thereof, did then specially request him to become such administrator by legal appointment, and proceed to the settlement of…
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Assumpsit. The plaintiff, in his declaration, alleged that before the first day of September, A. D. 1846, one Joseph Meeker, then of Westport, in this state, had died intestate, leaving certain estate on which no administiation had been taken on said 1st day of September; and that the defendants, desiring that the plaintiff should become administrator thereof, did then specially request him to become such administrator by legal appointment, and proceed to the settlement of said estate as such administrator, and did then and there, in consideration that the plaintiff would consent to do so,…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The plaintiff alleges in his first count, that in consideration that he would agree to become administrator on the estate of Joseph Meeker, deceased, by legal appointment, and as such administrator would settle the estate, the defendants assumed upon themselves and promised that they would fully indemnify him for all his proper services as administrator, and for all his expenses and charges incurred in the discharge of his said duties, so far as the estate of the deceased, which could be made available, should prove to be insufficient for his payment and indemnification ; and then, as the…
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