Hamilton v. Pickett
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action against a conservator and the wife of his ward to recover the price of wearing apparel furnished the'wife for her personal use, brought to the City Court of New Haven and tried to the jury before Hoyt, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff against both defendants, and appeal by the defendant conservator.
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Action against a conservator and the wife of his ward to recover the price of wearing apparel furnished the'wife for her personal use, brought to the City Court of New Haven and tried to the jury before Hoyt, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff against both defendants, and appeal by the defendant conservator. Before appealing to this court, the defendant conservator filed an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County, which the trial court refused to allow. The principal question is whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to set aside the verdict…
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The disposition of this case as it now presents itself to this court depends in part upon the construction of § 240 of the General Statutes (Rev. 1918, § 4888), the material portion of which reads as follows: “The conservator shall return an- inventory, under oath, of the estate of the incapable person, and shall manage all such estate and apply so much of the net income thereof as may be required, and, if necessary, any part of the principal of the estate, to support him and his family, and to pay his debts, and may sue for and collect all debts due to him.”
It would be a novel construction…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Merwin Appeal From the Doings of CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
3Cited by2 opinions
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- State v. PorrotConnecticut Appellate Court · 1967