Du Vivier v. Hopkins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal under the Gen. Sts. c. 99, § 8, from a decision of the commissioners, appointed by the Probate Court to receive and examine the claims of creditors against the estate of the defendant’s testator, disallowing a claim made by the plaintiffs against said estate.
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Appeal under the Gen. Sts. c. 99, § 8, from a decision of the commissioners, appointed by the Probate Court to receive and examine the claims of creditors against the estate of the defendant’s testator, disallowing a claim made by the plaintiffs against said estate. In the Superior Court the plaintiffs, who were citizens of the State of New York, filed a statement of their claim, from which it appeared that the matter in dispute amounted to $921.52 ; and they filed a petition under the U. S. St. of 1867, c. 196, for the removal of the case to the Circuit Court of the United States. Brigham,…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
We have no doubt or hesitation in affirming the order of the Superior Court refusing the petition for the removal of this case into the Circuit Court of the United States, under the act of Congress of 1867, c. 196.
*127The proceedings in the courts of this Commonwealth were had. under the Gen. Sts. c. 99, the material provisions of which are as follows : When the estate of a deceased person is represented to be insolvent, the Probate Court appoints commissioners to receive and examine all claims of creditors against the estate, and return a list of the claims laid before them, with the sum allowed…
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