Sleeper v. Estate of Gould
Supreme Court of Vermont
This case was heard at the March Term, 1880, Red pi eld, J., presiding. It was an appeal from the order of the Probate Court, for the probate District of Washington denying the petition to opeu the commission, and allow the petitioner to present his claim to said commissioners, for examination and allowance against Joseph Gould’s estate. The case fully appears by the “ Agreed statement of facts.”
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This case was heard at the March Term, 1880, Red pi eld, J., presiding. It was an appeal from the order of the Probate Court, for the probate District of Washington denying the petition to opeu the commission, and allow the petitioner to present his claim to said commissioners, for examination and allowance against Joseph Gould’s estate. The case fully appears by the “ Agreed statement of facts.” The court affirmed the judgment of the Probate Court, with cost to defendant, and ordered the same to be certified to that court, to which judgment the petitioner excepts. Exceptions allowed, and…
1Opinion of the Court
*114The opinion of the court was delivered by
Veazey, J.
The application to renew the commission for the presentation of claims, was made more than six months after the time previously limited, but before the commissioners made their report to the Probate Court.
The statute, No. 89, Acts of 1867, which is the Act now in force, — provides as follows : “ On application of a creditor who has failed to present his claim, if made within six months after the expiration of the time previously limited . . . and such application shall be made before the final settlement of the estate, the court may, for good…
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