Scoville v. Brock
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bile in Chancery. Heard on demurrer to the amended bill at the September Term, 1902, Washington County, Stafford, Chancellor. Demurrer sustained, and bill dismissed. The orator appealed. This case has been once before in the Supreme Court.
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Bile in Chancery. Heard on demurrer to the amended bill at the September Term, 1902, Washington County, Stafford, Chancellor. Demurrer sustained, and bill dismissed. The orator appealed. This case has been once before in the Supreme Court. See 75 Vt. 243. In respect of the defendant’s alleged breach of duty in not refusing to receive the securities in question, besides what is said in the opinion, the bill merely states that, about September 1, 1890, defendant was appointed guardian of the orator, who was then seventeen years of age; that on September 19, 1890; by decree of the Probate Court…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, C. J.
This is a bill to impeach a decree of the probate court allowing the final account of the defendant as guardian of the orator, because of the alleged fraud of the defendant in procuring the orator’s approval of said account. *389When the case was here before—75 Vt. 243, 54 Atl. 177— the bill was held bad on demurrer because the allegations that said approval was obtained by fraud were not followed by averments sufficient to carry the effect of the alleged fraud into the decree, and the sufficiency of the allegations of fraud was not considered. Since then the bill has been amended, and alleges…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Rothmiller v. . SteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Wade v. PulsiferSupreme Court of Vermont · 1881
- Royce v. MaloneySupreme Court of Vermont · 1886
- Godfrey v. DownerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1875
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- Frederick Road Ltd. Partnership v. SturmCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
- Desser v. WoodsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- Scoville v. BrockSupreme Court of Vermont · 1907
- Scoville v. BrockSupreme Court of Vermont · 1908
- Hall v. Turner's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1905
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