Clark v. Warner
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an appeal from probate. The court of probate for the district of Sharon, charged in the settlement of the estate of Nathaniel Clark, sundry sums as advanced to several of his children, and directed a deduction thereof from the distributive shares of the children so advanced, in conformity with the provisions of the 30th section of statute, tit. Estates.
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This was an appeal from probate. The court of probate for the district of Sharon, charged in the settlement of the estate of Nathaniel Clark, sundry sums as advanced to several of his children, and directed a deduction thereof from the distributive shares of the children so advanced, in conformity with the provisions of the 30th section of statute, tit. Estates. These advancements were adjudged to have been made as follows, viz. to Nathaniel C. Clark, 1046 dollars ; to Nehemiah Clark, 782 dollars ; to Elizabeth Warner, 230 dollars, 58 cents ; and to Sarah Mermin, 198 dollars, 83 cents. From a…
1Opinion of the CourtDaggett, J.
It does not appear by the record transmitted, whether the facts stated in the plea in abatement were denied; or whether a demurrer was taken to it ; and in the view which I take of it, it is of no importance.
As to the first objection to the appeal, it seems to me to be insufficient, because, for any thing which appears, the appellants may be jointly interested in procuring a disaffirmance of the decree complained of. If they feel aggrieved, by that decree, on the ground that greater advancements had been made, and ought to have been charged against Sarah Warner and Elizabeth Merwin, or either…
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