Yeaw v. Searle

This was an appeal from a decree of the Court of Probate of the town of Scituate, holden on the 14th July, 1851, that the report of the Commissioners theretofore appointed by said Court to examine the claims against the estate of Asa Mathewson, late of said Scituate, deceased, rendered insolvent, be finally received, allowed and recorded, and that said commission be closed.

The counsel for the appellees moved to dismiss this appeal ; 1st, on the ground that such an appeal cannot be legally sustained by this Court; and 2d, also on the ground that during the pendency of this appeal, the…