Ricci v. Bove's Estate

Philip Billings, former executor of the estate of Perry Bove, filed a petition in the Probate Court for the District of Rutland for the recommittal of the commissioners’ report in that estate. Louis Ricci, as a party interested in the estate, filed a petition moving for the disqualification of George F. Jones, the judge of that probate district to determine the issues raised by the petition of Billings. The grounds for disqualification as set forth are substantially as follows: 1. That Billings was a student and employee in the office of Jones & Jones and that the judge was a member of that…