Sparrow v. Vermont Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery. Bill for an accounting by defendant for money belonging to an estate, deposited in defendant bank by a person in Ms name as trustee for the individuals entitled to share in the estate. Heard on bill, answer, and findings of fact filed by the chancellor in vacation after the March Term, 1921, Washington County, Slack, chancellor.
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Appeal in Chancery. Bill for an accounting by defendant for money belonging to an estate, deposited in defendant bank by a person in Ms name as trustee for the individuals entitled to share in the estate. Heard on bill, answer, and findings of fact filed by the chancellor in vacation after the March Term, 1921, Washington County, Slack, chancellor. Decree for plaintiff, Hiram L. Sparrow, administrator, against the defendant, and for defendant to recover its costs against plaintiffs Clara B. Lowe and Ella M. Bailey. The defendant appealed. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiles, J.
This is a bill in chancery for an accounting by the defendant for money received from Harry Lowe- as trustee of Mrs. Harriet Bailey, Ella M. Bailey and Clara B. Lowe. The case was heard by the chancellor, facts were found and a decree rendered for the plaintiff Sparrow to recover from the defendant the sum of one thousand dollars, being the payment of a draft of that amount by the defendant to Henry Clews & Company, and the further sum of $457.40, being the balance due on the so-called ‘' trustee account, ’ ’ with interest on the same to August 15, 1921, in all amounting at that date to…
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- Hewitt v. HayesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Birdsall v. . RussellNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
- Fife v. CateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1912
- Hale v. Windsor Savings BankSupreme Court of Vermont · 1916
- Cooley v. HatchSupreme Court of Vermont · 1917
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