Woodward v. Meriden Trust & Safe Deposit Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a decree of the Court of Probate for the district of Meriden accepting and approving the distribution of the estate of John O. Noxon of Meriden, deceased, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Moraback, J.; facts found and judgment rendered confirming said probate decree, and appeal by the original appellant.
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Appeal from a decree of the Court of Probate for the district of Meriden accepting and approving the distribution of the estate of John O. Noxon of Meriden, deceased, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Moraback, J.; facts found and judgment rendered confirming said probate decree, and appeal by the original appellant. John O. Noxon, a resident of Meriden in the probate district of Meriden, died at the city of New York November 28th, 1905. Thereupon his widow, Martha C. Noxon, petitioned the Court of Probate for said district that letters of administration be granted…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
Probate jurisdiction is within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court, but can be invoked only upon appeal from the Court of Probate, in which court original jurisdiction of this nature is vested. Upon such appeal the Superior Court acts as a probate court, exercising its powers and duties in respect to the matter defined in the appeal. In this case the matter before the Court of Probate, and the Superior Court upon appeal, was the duty imposed by statute upon the Court of Probate, of distributing the personal estate of an intestate in accordance with the directions of our statutes of…
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