Watrous v. Chalker
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an appeal from a decree of the court of probate, in the district of Saybrook, allowing the account of Augustus Chalker, administrator on the estate of his late wife, Rhoda Chalker, and ordering a sale of her real estate sufficient to pay the amount. The principal part of the account, and the only part excepted to, was for “ cash paid on note to Richard TV.
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This was an appeal from a decree of the court of probate, in the district of Saybrook, allowing the account of Augustus Chalker, administrator on the estate of his late wife, Rhoda Chalker, and ordering a sale of her real estate sufficient to pay the amount. The principal part of the account, and the only part excepted to, was for “ cash paid on note to Richard TV. Hart, — $424. 86.” On the 29th of March, 1819, Elsie Watrous, and her husband Ambrose Watrous, in her right, being seised and possessed of all the land owned by Rhoda Chalker at her death, conveyed it, by deed of gift in fee, to…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
I will first put out of the case certain questions made, arising on facts apparent on the motion, but subserving no purpose, except to encumber the record. It is said, that Ambrose Watrous and Elsie his wife, and likewise a part of the heirs of Rhoda Chalker, are desirous, that the relief granted by the court of probate should be established. The wishes or assent of these persons possess no weight bearing on the case before us. The heirs, who are favourably disposed to the administrator’s claim, may, if they please, convey their parts of the estate in question to him ; and in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Butler v. BuckinghamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1813
- Cady v. CadwellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1811
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- Cammack v. CarpenterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1894
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