Lockwood v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was an appeal from a decree of the court of probate for the district of Stamford, passed on the 25th of March, 1843, opening the commission of the commissioners on the estate of Mills Lockwood, deceased, represented insolvent. The decree appealed from was passed on the petition of Edmund Lockwood, claiming to be a creditor of said estate; and the appeal was taken by Abel Reynolds, the administrator.
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IN ERROR. This was an appeal from a decree of the court of probate for the district of Stamford, passed on the 25th of March, 1843, opening the commission of the commissioners on the estate of Mills Lockwood, deceased, represented insolvent. The decree appealed from was passed on the petition of Edmund Lockwood, claiming to be a creditor of said estate; and the appeal was taken by Abel Reynolds, the administrator. The petition of Lockwood to the court of probate stated, That on the 15th of October, 1838, the petitioner, at the request of said Mills Lockwood, signed with him, as his surety, a…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
The judgment of the superior court, which is the subject of this motion in error, was confined to the allegations in the first specification of the appellant’s reasons; and to these alone our attention will be confined. They have been found to be both true and sufficient; and they present to us the question, whether the court of probate, acting upon an estate represented insolvent, has authority to renew the power of the commissioners, and allow a further time for the presentation of claims, after a report of commissioners has been made and accepted, and after the expiration of eighteen *308months…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Webb v. FitchConnecticut Superior Court · 1790
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