Dickinson's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from probate decrees allowing the administration account upon the estate of Electa Perry, deceased, ordering the distribution of the estate and accepting a distribution made under the order; taken to the Superior Court in Middlesex County. The court (Stoddard, J”.,) reversed the first decree and affirmed the others, and the appellants appealed to this court.
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Appeal from probate decrees allowing the administration account upon the estate of Electa Perry, deceased, ordering the distribution of the estate and accepting a distribution made under the order; taken to the Superior Court in Middlesex County. The court (Stoddard, J”.,) reversed the first decree and affirmed the others, and the appellants appealed to this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. 1. The statute authorizing heirs to agree on a distribution of the whole estate does not affect the right they have at common law to divide or alienate their estates. Baxter v. Gay,…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The statute with regard to the division of intestate estates among the heirs and next of kin provides that “ intestate estate, after deducting expenses and charges, shall be distributed by three disinterested persons, or any two of them, under oath, appointed by the court of probate, unless all the persons interested in said estate shall be legally capable to act, and shall make and file in court a division of the same, made, executed and acknowledged like deeds of land; which instrument, being recorded in said court, shall be a valid distribution of said estate.” Gen. Statutes, p. 872, see.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hewitt's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Holcomb v. SherwoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1861
- Baxter v. GaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1840
3Cited by9 opinions
- Kerin v. StangleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Hotchkiss' Appeal From ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Hall v. PiersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Greene v. KingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Bidwell v. BeckwithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
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