Legal Opinion

Staples's Appeal from Probate

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided November 9, 1884PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from a probate decree ordering a distribution of the real estate of Charry Staples during the settlement of her .estate; taken to the Superior Court. The appellant was the husband of the intestate and administrator of her estate. .The facts were found by a committee and the decree of the probate court affirmed, (Beardsley, J.') The appellant appealed to this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.

The appellant as administrator of the estate of his deceased wife seeks to set aside the decree of the probate court ordering and directing that the real estate of the deceased be distributed before the final settlement of the administration account. "

The decree in question was made pursuant to the provisions of section 28, page 892, of the General Statutes, (Revision of 1875), which in express terms authorizes the probate court to order such distribution during the settlement of the estate. The language used in assigning the error indicates that the appellant then intended to claim that the…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. White v. Town of PortlandSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896

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