Clark's Appeal from Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the doings of commissioners on the estate of Sheldon Clark in disallowing a claim presented against the estate by the appellant; taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and heard before Fenn, J. The court made the following finding of facts: During the spring, summer and fall of 1886 Sheldon Clark boarded at intervals in the family of Charles B. Clark, the appellant, an aggregate of several weeks, leaving the last time January 31st, 1887, paying Charles…
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Appeal from the doings of commissioners on the estate of Sheldon Clark in disallowing a claim presented against the estate by the appellant; taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and heard before Fenn, J. The court made the following finding of facts: During the spring, summer and fall of 1886 Sheldon Clark boarded at intervals in the family of Charles B. Clark, the appellant, an aggregate of several weeks, leaving the last time January 31st, 1887, paying Charles for board the agreed sum of three dollars per week. He owned a farm near by, on which he kept oxen and other cattle. At…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
This is an appeal from the doings of the commissioners on the estate of Sheldon Clark, late of Beacon Falls, deceased, in disallowing a note payable to Charles B. Clark for the sum of seven hundred dollars. The Superior Court made a finding of facts and reserved the question for the advice of this court.
The note in controversy was made on the 29th day of August, 1887. On the 6th day of October following Sheldon Clark made his will and on the 19th day of the same month he died. The execution and delivery of the note was proved, or was admitted, and as it is expressed to be for value received…
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