In re Enoch Vincent's Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal of Hiram L. Sparrow, as executor of the last will and testament of Enoch H. Vincent, from a decree of the probate court distributing the testator’s estate; the estates of Jane K. Somerville and Ella D. Collins, Appellees. Heard on appellees’ motion to dismiss the appeal, at the March Term, 1910, Washington County, Butler, J., presiding. Motion to dismiss overruled. Hearing on an agreed statement of facts. Judgment affirming the decree of the probate court.
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Appeal of Hiram L. Sparrow, as executor of the last will and testament of Enoch H. Vincent, from a decree of the probate court distributing the testator’s estate; the estates of Jane K. Somerville and Ella D. Collins, Appellees. Heard on appellees’ motion to dismiss the appeal, at the March Term, 1910, Washington County, Butler, J., presiding. Motion to dismiss overruled. Hearing on an agreed statement of facts. Judgment affirming the decree of the probate court. Appellees excepted. R. M. Harvey and E. M. Harvey for the appellees. The motion to dismiss should have been sustained. The executor…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
This case is here on the appeal of Hiram L. *90Sparrow, executor of the last will and testament of Enoch H. Vincent, deceased, from the decree of the probate court, by which the estate of the testator is ordered to be distributed. Theappellees moved to dismiss the appeal, for that the appellant-has no such interest in said decree as entitles him to appeal therefrom.
The petition for the appeal shows the appellant’s relation, to the estate to be that of an executor, simply. This relation neither gives him any legal right, nor places him under any-legal liability, which may be enlarged or…
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