Legal Opinion

Tillson v. Small

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided January 27, 1888PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from decree of the judge of probate. The point is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtHaskell, J.

Probate appeal by the husband of his deceased wife to the allowance of her administrator’s final account.

It is objected that the appellant is not entitled by law to take the appeal, because he had released to the administrator in trust for the heirs at law all his interest in the estate.

"Any person aggrieved by any order, sentence, decree, or *91denial” of judges of probate, "except the appointment of a special administrator, may appeal,” etc. E. S., c. 63, § 23.

By statute the appellant takes a distributive share in his wife’s estate, and should he be unlawfully deprived thereof by a decree of…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hammers v. SandersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904

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