Hallock v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Civil action to recover the price of a yoke of oxen sold; brought before a justice of the peace, and, by appeal of the plaintiff, to the District Court of Litchfield County. Pacts found and case reserved for advice. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The defendant purchased of the plaintiff, on credit, a yoke of oxen to be used on a farm which he was carrying on as administrator. The defendant subsequently sold the oxen and used the avails to jeay for labor on the farm. This suit is brought to collect from the estate the price of the oxen.
In Taylor v. Mygatt, 26 Conn., 184, this court held that an administrator in incurring expenses in settling the estate had no power to bind the estate by contract; that any expense thus incurred was a claim against him personally; but was not a claim that could be enforced against the estate. And this…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Taylor v. MygattSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
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