Atwood v. Buckingham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover a statutory forfeiture for neglecting, as administratrix, to file an inventory of a decedent’s estate, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Curtis, J., upon demurrer to the answer; the court overruled the demurrer pro forma, and, upon the plaintiff’s refusal to plead further, rendered judgment for him to recover but $1 damages, from which he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiff in May, 1904, brought his action to recover $240 as the forfeiture provided by § 324 of the General Statutes, claimed to have been incurred by the defendant, as an administratrix, through her unexcused failure, for the twelve months prior to the bringing of the ac 'tion, to file an inventory as provided by law. While the action was pending the General Assembly, by an Act which was approved and went into effect on June 21st, 1905, repealed said section. Public Acts of 1905, Chap. 160. Later in the session, by another Act which was approved and went into effect July 6th, 1905, it…
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