Burgess v. Young
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Case to stand for trial upon the evidence offered by defendants. Debt on an administrator’s bond in the name of the Judge of Probate, under R. S., o. 72, §§ 10 and 13, to recover a judgment obtained against his estate after letters of administration were issued.
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On report. Case to stand for trial upon the evidence offered by defendants. Debt on an administrator’s bond in the name of the Judge of Probate, under R. S., o. 72, §§ 10 and 13, to recover a judgment obtained against his estate after letters of administration were issued. Plea, general issue and brief statement that no estate remained in the administrator’s hand after having paid the expenses of the intestate’s last sickness, expense of administration, and allowance to the widow, as appears by his account settled in the Probate Court since this action was brought. The estate was not…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This case comes up on report upon the following facts : D. Benson Young was appointed administrator on the estate of his father, Charles L. Young, late of Newport, deceased, and gave the bond in suit on the 23rd day of February, 1897, and filed an inventory on the 31st day of May, 1898, which disclosed personal estate to the value of two hundred and sixty dollars. After notice and demand of payment, of which, the defendant took no notice, the creditor of said Charles L. Young, on the 11th day of February, 1899, brought suit against. the administrator, D. Benson Young, in Somerset County at…
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- Coleman v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1815
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