Pitcher v. Standish
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an order and decree of the Court of Probate for the district of Lebanon adjudging the defendant tq be an insolvent debtor and appointing a trustee to administer his property, taken by him to and reserved by the Superior Court in New London County, Shumway, J., upon the plaintiff’s demurrer to the reasons of appeal, for the advice of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
This is an appeal from an order and decree of a Court of Probate, passed upon the petition of the plaintiff, a creditor, adjudging the defendant, a person engaged chiefly in farming and the tillage of the soil, to be an insolvent debtor, and appointing a trustee in insolvency to take possession of, manage and dispose of his estate as provided by the insolvency laws of this State. The person so declared an insolvent debtor appeals for the sole reason that the Court of Probate was without jurisdiction or authority to make the order and decree, since the statutes of the State purporting to…
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