Wardens & Vestry of Trinity Church v. Hall
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an appeal, taken in the name of the “ wardens and vestry of Trinity church, Portland, formerly known as the Episcopal church in the First Society of Chatham,” from a decree of the court of probate for the district df Chatham, allowing the administration account of Samuel Hall, surviving executor of -the last will and testament of John Shepard, deceased.
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This was an appeal, taken in the name of the “ wardens and vestry of Trinity church, Portland, formerly known as the Episcopal church in the First Society of Chatham,” from a decree of the court of probate for the district df Chatham, allowing the administration account of Samuel Hall, surviving executor of -the last will and testament of John Shepard, deceased. During the pendency of the settlement of said account, said Samuel Hall died, leaving a last will and testament; and Alfred Hall and S. Nelson Hall were named therein, as executors, to whom appertained the' completion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, C. J.
The appellees, in answer to the reasons-of appeal, given by the appellants, aver, that the appellants had not, and have not, any interest in the estate in settle*131ment, and therefore have no right to prosecute this appeal. It is manifest, that this constitutes no valid answer to the reasons, although it might have been, in itself, a good cause for setting aside the appeal, under a proper motion, or application, made in due season.
The reasons of appeal are founded upon the action of the court of probate, in settling and allowing an administration account, and-these present the only issue to be…
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