Mansfield v. Lynch
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by the plaintiff as administrator de bonis non of the estate of Dennis McLaughlin, to recover of Ann Lynch, one of the defendants and wife of the other defendant, a sum of money paid to her under a mistake by the original administrator of the estate; brought to the City Court of the city of New Haven, and heard before Pickett, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff against the defendant Ann Lynch, and appeal by her.
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Action by the plaintiff as administrator de bonis non of the estate of Dennis McLaughlin, to recover of Ann Lynch, one of the defendants and wife of the other defendant, a sum of money paid to her under a mistake by the original administrator of the estate; brought to the City Court of the city of New Haven, and heard before Pickett, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff against the defendant Ann Lynch, and appeal by her. The case is fully stated in the opinion. 1. The court erred in overruling the defendants’ demurrer to several paragraphs of the complaint. They state in…
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
The record in this case discloses the following facts:
On the first of May, 1888, one McLaughlin died intestate, and in fact insolvent, owing the defendant Ann Lynch four hundred dollars upon a promissory note. On May 14th of that year one Bradley was appointed administrator upon McLaughlin’s estate. The court of probate limited a time for the presentation of claims, and within the time all the claims finally allowed against the estate, amounting to $1,696.44, were presented to said Bradley.
Of the claims so presented Bradley allowed some and disallowed others. Among, the claims of general…
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