Adams v. Adams
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the court of probate. It appeared that the intestate, Friend Adams, was, in his lifetime, administrator upon the estate of one Benjamin Adams, of which estate the appellant was one of the heirs. No commissioners were ever appointed on the estate of Benjamin Adams, no order of distribution of said estate among the heirs was ever made, and no settlement ofthe estate was ever had in the probate court.
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Appeal from the court of probate. It appeared that the intestate, Friend Adams, was, in his lifetime, administrator upon the estate of one Benjamin Adams, of which estate the appellant was one of the heirs. No commissioners were ever appointed on the estate of Benjamin Adams, no order of distribution of said estate among the heirs was ever made, and no settlement ofthe estate was ever had in the probate court. The appellant presented his claim for a distributive share of said estate as a claim against Friend Adams, before the commissioners appointed to adjust the claims upon the estate…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
This was an appeal from the decision of the commissioners on the estate of Friend Adams. The plaintiff’s claim is for his share as an heir to the estate of one Benj. Adams, of which Friend Adams was administrator; and the question is, whethér Friend Adams became indebted, in his life time, to the plaintiff, for whatever claim the plaintiff may have had to the estate of Benjamin Adams.
Whether the plaintiff was .such heir, whether there was any estate of Benjamin Adams to which the plaintiff was entitled, and what was the amount to which…
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