Dunn's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a decree of a probate court, appointing a conservator over the appellant; taken to the Superior Court in Hartford county. The appointment was made upon the application of the selectmen of the town of East Windsor, where the appellant had resided until his imprisonment in the jail of Hartford county, where he was confined at the time of the application.
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Appeal from a decree of a probate court, appointing a conservator over the appellant; taken to the Superior Court in Hartford county. The appointment was made upon the application of the selectmen of the town of East Windsor, where the appellant had resided until his imprisonment in the jail of Hartford county, where he was confined at the time of the application. The reasons of appeal assigned were — 1. That the application was not properly served on the appellant. 2. That the probate court appointed the conservator without making due enquiry and without giving the appellant an opportunity…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, C. J.
This is a motion in error from the judgment and decree of the Superior Court, affirming the decree of the court of probate appointing a conservator over the appellant, Sampson Dunn.
The first assignment of error is, that the service of the application to the court of probate and of the citation annexed to it, was insufficient and defective. The statute requires the summons accompanying an application for the appointment of a conservator to be served by copy left at the usual place of abode of the respondent. Gen. Statutes, page 514, sec. 2. The respondent in this case was at the time confined…
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