Rowell v. Conner
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
From Hillsborough Probate Court. Petition, for leave to appeal from the decree of the judge of probate, passed May 26,1874, allowing the account of the defendant as administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Kate L. Conner, deceased.
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From Hillsborough Probate Court. Petition, for leave to appeal from the decree of the judge of probate, passed May 26,1874, allowing the account of the defendant as administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Kate L. Conner, deceased. The petition was filed May 31, 1876, by the trustee, under the will for the minor children of the deceased, and sets forth as the reason for appealing “ that the administrator in his said account neglected to charge himself with a large amount of money received by him belonging to said estate and the said minor heirs, and credited himself with a large…
1Opinion of the Court
FROM HILLSBOROUGH, PROBATE COURT. The petition was filed in season. The limitation of two years within which such petition may be brought is held to begin from the expiration of the sixty days next succeeding the decree of the probate courts and not from the date of such decree. Holt v. Smart, 46 N.H. 9.
The second objection is also untenable. The petitioner alleges that the administrator has failed to account for money for which he ought to have been charged, and has been wrongfully credited with money. This charge, if sustained, certainly constitutes a grievance which it is in the power of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Holt v. SmartSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1865
3Cited by1 opinion
- Broderick a Ap'ts v. SmithSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1942