Church's v. Church's Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the disallowance by the commissioners of certain notes presented against the estate of Whitcomb H. Church by William P. Benton, as executor of the last will and testament of Serena K. Church. Trial by court at the December Term, 1906, Windsor County, Taylor, J., presiding. Judgment for the claimant for the amount of the notes in question with interest thereon from the death of Whitcomb H. Church. The opinion gives the pleadings and fully states the case.
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Appeal from the disallowance by the commissioners of certain notes presented against the estate of Whitcomb H. Church by William P. Benton, as executor of the last will and testament of Serena K. Church. Trial by court at the December Term, 1906, Windsor County, Taylor, J., presiding. Judgment for the claimant for the amount of the notes in question with interest thereon from the death of Whitcomb H. Church. The opinion gives the pleadings and fully states the case. This ease has been once before in the Supreme Court; see 78 Yt. 360. A party cannot prevent the running of the Statute of…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
This is an appeal from the disallowance by commissioners on the estate of Whitcomb H. Church of a claim presented in favor of the estate of Serena K. Church, based on three promissory notes dated May 1, 1879, signed by Whitcomb H. Church and payable to the order of Daniel Knight, on demand with interest annually, — one for $750, one for $250, and *230one for $100. The declaration is special on the three notes, alleging that while yet current, the first named note was indorsed and delivered, and the other two transferred and delivered, by Daniel Knight to Serena K. in her lifetime, etc. There is…
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