Legal Opinion

Coon's Appeal from Commissioners

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided July 16, 1884PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the doings of commissioners on an insolvent estate in disallowing a claim of the appellant; taken to the Superior Court in New London County. The facts were found by a committee and judgment rendered for the appellee. {Andrews, J.) Appeal by the appellant to this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.

This is an appeal from the doings of the commissioners on the insolvent estate of Charles H. Kinne deceased, in rejecting four notes presented by the appellant against the estate.

There are two defenses, the statute of limitations, and a discharge in bankruptcy. In the court below the facts were found by a committee and the doings of the commissioners affirmed. The appellant appealed. The claim to recover on one of these notes, the one for $124, is abandoned. The other three will be considered separately.

One of these notes was given January 14th, 1857, for $140.36, payable on demand to the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re Merriman's EstateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1878

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. F. H. McGraw & Co. v. Milcor Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  2. Spinney v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  3. F. H. McGraw & Co. v. Milcor Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  4. F. H. McGraw & Co. v. Milcor Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945

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