Woods v. Creditors
Supreme Court of Vermont
‘The said John L. Woods rendered his account of his admin-Ís'íration before the court of probate for the district of Bradford, and the same was allowed. Messrs. Skinner and Dewey, two of the creditors oí the estate, were dissatisfied with the allowance of several items of the atreount, and appealed from the decision of such allowance to this Court. The appeal was entered at the last term, and a commissioner was appointed to take the'accoun't, and report to this Court.
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‘The said John L. Woods rendered his account of his admin-Ís'íration before the court of probate for the district of Bradford, and the same was allowed. Messrs. Skinner and Dewey, two of the creditors oí the estate, were dissatisfied with the allowance of several items of the atreount, and appealed from the decision of such allowance to this Court. The appeal was entered at the last term, and a commissioner was appointed to take the'accoun't, and report to this Court. At this term he returned a full and special report ; to some items of which exceptions were file by each party. These…
1Opinion of the CourtHutchinson, C. J.
It is a matter of regret,that an administrator should be several years settling an estate, .without keeping an accurate daily account of his services. The sum charged for services is objected to. The commissioner reports, that no regular account was kept from day today; but the administrator made up the account chiefly from memory, when he was about to exhibit it to the Court of probate for allowance. This is too loose for allowance, without support from some other source than his memory. Yet the commissioner has reported such supporting facts, and the particular controversies reported show…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Wilson v. BatesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1856
- In re Burrill Lane's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1906