Pulford's Appeal from Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the allowance hy commissioners of a claim against the estate of Norman Pulford, deceased; taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The facts were found by a committee, a remonstrance of the appellee against the acceptance of the committee’s report overruled by the court, ( Culver V,) and judgment rendered for the appellant. The appellant moved for a new trial for error in a ruling of the court as to the admission of evidence.
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Appeal from the allowance hy commissioners of a claim against the estate of Norman Pulford, deceased; taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The facts were found by a committee, a remonstrance of the appellee against the acceptance of the committee’s report overruled by the court, ( Culver V,) and judgment rendered for the appellant. The appellant moved for a new trial for error in a ruling of the court as to the admission of evidence. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
David Pulford’s claim against the estate of Norman Pulford was allowed by the commissioners and an appeal taken by Elliott Pulford, a legatee under the will and a creditor of the estate. On the trial the appellant contended that the claim was settled and discharged during the life time of the testator. It appeared in evidence that cross suits between the parties were pending before a justice of the peace on the same day, which were settled without trial and discontinued. The appellant attempted to prove that the claim then made and settled was identical with the one now made. As one step in…
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