Hughes v. Allen
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of the probate court for the district of Fair Haven, denying the petition of Katie E. Hughes, the widow of H. G. Hughes, that the interest of her husband in certain copartnership real estate be treated as personal property in the distribution of his estate. Heard upon an agreed statement of facts at the March term, 1892, Rutland county, Ross, C. J., presiding. Petition dismissed pro forma. The petitioner excepts.
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Appeal from an order of the probate court for the district of Fair Haven, denying the petition of Katie E. Hughes, the widow of H. G. Hughes, that the interest of her husband in certain copartnership real estate be treated as personal property in the distribution of his estate. Heard upon an agreed statement of facts at the March term, 1892, Rutland county, Ross, C. J., presiding. Petition dismissed pro forma. The petitioner excepts. Real estate contributed by way of original capital becomes partnership property. Wiegandv. Copeland, 14 Fed. Rep. 118; Sigourney v. Munn, 7 Conn. 11; Buchan v.…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
It appears by the agreed statement, upon which the case is submitted, that prior to Dec. 10, 1878, Hugh G. Hughes, the husband of the petitioner, owned in severalty the slate quarry, land and buildings in question, situated in Poultney, and that on that day he conveyed an undivided fourth part thereof to one Roberts, with whom, on Feb. 27, 1879, he entered into a contract of copartnership in the business of manufacturing slate and selling the same in this country and in London, Eng., which copartnership continued until the decease of Hughes which occurred *97March 6, 1884. At the time of his…
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