Brown v. Eggleston
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for moneys expended and services rendered, brought by appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace to the Court of Common Pleas. The complaint contained two counts, one for moneys expended and services rendered for Sabrina Main, of whose estate the defendants were administrators, in her life time, and the other for moneys expended and services rendered for the defendants as administrators of her estate. The defendants pleaded the general issue and a set-off.
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Action for moneys expended and services rendered, brought by appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace to the Court of Common Pleas. The complaint contained two counts, one for moneys expended and services rendered for Sabrina Main, of whose estate the defendants were administrators, in her life time, and the other for moneys expended and services rendered for the defendants as administrators of her estate. The defendants pleaded the general issue and a set-off. The case was tried to the court before Mather, J., and the following facts found:— Asa L. Gallup was on the 23d of October,…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
On one point in this case we are constrained to say that the court below erred. The action is against the administrators of an intestate estate, the complaint consisting of two counts, one for a debt incurred by the intestate during her lifetime, and one for a debt accruing after her decease. She died September 8th, 1881. After her death two instruments, each purporting tok be her last will and testament, were presented to the court of *116.probate. Both were contested and neither-was approved as ■ her last will. In the litigation concerning the proposed wills certain expenses were incurred by…
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- Thacher v. DinsmoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
- Taylor v. MygattSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
- Chambers v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1859
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- Palmer v. Hartford National Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- Stempel v. Middletown Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
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