Sellew's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from three decrees of a probate court accepting and settling the account of William W. Wilcox as trustee under the will of Anson R. Sellew; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven county, and heard before Sanford, J. Tire decrees appealed from w.ere made on the 8tli day of September, 1864, the 1st day of September, 1865, and the 1st day of October, 1865. The reasons of appeal which were filed will sufficiently appear from the following finding of the facts made by…
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Appeal from three decrees of a probate court accepting and settling the account of William W. Wilcox as trustee under the will of Anson R. Sellew; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven county, and heard before Sanford, J. Tire decrees appealed from w.ere made on the 8tli day of September, 1864, the 1st day of September, 1865, and the 1st day of October, 1865. The reasons of appeal which were filed will sufficiently appear from the following finding of the facts made by the court, and are also stated in the opinion. Anson E. Sellew, of Meriden in this state, died August 21st, 1863,…
1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.
This is a complicated case as presented upon the record, both parties filing motions for a new trial, and both motions in error, but the real questions are few. In order to give reasons for our decision in the case intelligibly, it seems necessary to extract the material facts from the record.
Anson R. Scllew died testate, bequeathing his whole property in trust to his executors, for the benefit of certain relatives. Only one of the executors, Wilcox, accepted the trusts. The estate was duly settled and the balance in the hands of the executor ascertained. Subsequently the trustee settled his…
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