In re Hodges' Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Tbis was an appeal from an order of fclie Probate Court for, the district of Hartford dismissing the petition of O. H. Austin, administrator of Polly Hodges. Heard upon the report of a commissioner at the May term, 1890, Howell, J., presiding. Judgment pro forma for the appellee. The appellant excepts. The petition prayed for an accounting by Smith Hodges as the executor of Polly Hodges under the circumstances stated in the opinion. The Probate 'Court dismissed the petition.
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Tbis was an appeal from an order of fclie Probate Court for, the district of Hartford dismissing the petition of O. H. Austin, administrator of Polly Hodges. Heard upon the report of a commissioner at the May term, 1890, Howell, J., presiding. Judgment pro forma for the appellee. The appellant excepts. The petition prayed for an accounting by Smith Hodges as the executor of Polly Hodges under the circumstances stated in the opinion. The Probate 'Court dismissed the petition. The County Court appointed a commissioner to state the account of Smith Hodges as executor. Hpon the hearing before the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
MUNSON, J.
By the will of Edmund Hodges, who died in 1864, the irse of all his property remaining after the payment of certain bequests, was given to his wife, Polly Hodges, during her life, and provision was made that at her decease such remainder should be divided in certain proportions among the testator’s children. Smith.Hodges, a son of the testator, was named executor, and upon the probate of the will received letters testamentary, and entered upon the settlement of the estate. In 1867, he rendered an account of his administration, and a balance…
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