Edwards v. Estate of Williams

This case comes up on exceptions to a ruling granting the petitioner leave to enter his appeal from a decree of the Judge of Probate for Kennebec County. The petitioner was a beneficiary under a testamentary trust. The Probate Court allowed the Sixth Account of the Trustee under said trust. The petitioner claimed to be aggrieved by the allowance of the account, but did not appeal within the twenty days allowed by R. S., c. 75, § 31. Later, he presented to the Supreme Court of Probate a petition for leave to enter such an appeal under the provisions of R. S., c. 75, § 33, which read as follows: