Legal Opinion

Smith v. Whaley

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 2, 1905PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Probate Appeal on facts fully stated in opinion. Heard,, and appeal dismissed.

1Opinion of the CourtDubois, J.

Joseph W. Smith, a creditor of the estate of Josiah A. Whaley, late of Coventry, Rhode Island, deceased,, claims to be aggrieved by, and has appealed from, an order, judgment, or decree of the Probate Court of said Coventry,, entered January 16, 1905, by which its records of the proceedings on March 21, 1898, in the matter of the estate and probate of the will of said Josiah A. Whaley, were amended by inserting the following words: “and it was ordered and directed that, said executors give notice of their appointment by advertisement on three-successive days in the Providence Daily Journal.”…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McFarland v. PierceIndiana Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. DiBello v. St. JeanSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1970
  2. Standard Oil Co. v. Board of Purification of WatersSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1921

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