In re Worcester's Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor. Heard by the court, May Term, 1887, Royce, Ch. J., presiding. Judgment affirming the decree of the Probate Court. The Probate Court allowed the administrator’s account and ordered the balance of the estate to be paid to the appellant.
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Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor. Heard by the court, May Term, 1887, Royce, Ch. J., presiding. Judgment affirming the decree of the Probate Court. The Probate Court allowed the administrator’s account and ordered the balance of the estate to be paid to the appellant. It appeared from the report of the commissioner that the mortgage on the premises amounted to $1,093.27; that the debts allowed by the commissioners on the estate amounted to $397.26, not including the mortgage; that it did not appear that there was an order of court directing the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Taft, J.
In the course of administration it became necessary to sell the real estate of the deceased. License to sell it at public auction or private sale was duly granted. It was sold at public auction to the highest bidder. After the sale and before the making of the deed, the administrator was informed that he could sell the property for two hundred and seventy dollars more than the price it sold for at auction. No memorandum in writing was made, of the auction sale, and therefore *425it is claimed that the sale was, under sec. 981, R. L., not binding on…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lamb v. MasonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1877
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