Donovan's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the allowance by commissioners on the estate of Maria Donovan, of a claim in favor of one Benjamin Fowler; taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The appellant was administrator of the.estate.
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Appeal from the allowance by commissioners on the estate of Maria Donovan, of a claim in favor of one Benjamin Fowler; taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The appellant was administrator of the.estate. The court (Hitchcock, J.') found that on the 13th day of September, 1869, Fowler loaned $620 to Maria Donovan, then the wife of the appellant, with the knowledge and consent of her husband; that she borrowed the money to purchase in her own name certain real estate in Naugatuck; that she did, with the knowledge and consent of her husband, purchase the real estate, took the title in…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
A married woman borrowed money of the appellee, with which she purchased real estate, taking a deed in her own name. No note or other written obligation was given. She died. Her husband, as administrator, inventoried the real estate, and represented her estate insolvent. The claim for money loaned was allowed by the commissioners, and the administrator appealed. The Superior Court affirmed the doings of the commissioners, and the appellant moves for a new trial, and files a motion in error.
The equities of this case are very strong, and the claim should be allowed unless some inflexible rule…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Buckingham v. MossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
- Langenbach v. SchellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
- Wells v. ThormanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1870
- Huntington v. WolcottSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1812
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