Blodgett's Estate v. Converse's Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the Probate Court. The appellant filed the general counts in assumpsit. Heard on the report of a referee, December Term, 1887, Tyler, J., presiding. Judgment pro forma in the Blodgett case to recover the sum of $455.83 ; in the Edson case, the sum of $6,406.45 ; and in the Converse case the sum of $629.89. Exceptions by the plaintiffs. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinions of the court.
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Appeal from the Probate Court. The appellant filed the general counts in assumpsit. Heard on the report of a referee, December Term, 1887, Tyler, J., presiding. Judgment pro forma in the Blodgett case to recover the sum of $455.83 ; in the Edson case, the sum of $6,406.45 ; and in the Converse case the sum of $629.89. Exceptions by the plaintiffs. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinions of the court. The only question is as to the time when the reckoning of interest should commence. The commencement of interest does not hinge on the time or fact of a demand. Hall v. Peclc, 10 Vt.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
These cases wore referred to the same referee, and stand for consideration on his reports which are dependent more or less upon his report in the principal case. The only contention upon all the reports is when and under what circumstances will the defendant estate be liable for interest. The persons whose estates are plaintiffs in interest, were sisters, and the last named was the former wife of the late ex-Glovernor Converse. He seems to have been the financial *413agent of tbé three, for a good many years. He settled the estate of their father.…
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