Havens Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an order and decree of the Court of Probate for the district of Hartford, allowing the administration account of the executors of the will of. Leonard Daniels, deceased, taken to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the court, Elmer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the appellants, and appeal by the executors for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Appeal from an order and decree of the Court of Probate for the district of Hartford, allowing the administration account of the executors of the will of. Leonard Daniels, deceased, taken to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the court, Elmer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the appellants, and appeal by the executors for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The material facts as they appear in the record and the finding of the Superior Court, are as follows:— Leonard Daniels died in January, 1892, leaving an estate appraised at one and a quarter…
1Opinion of the CourtHameeslev, J.
The Superior Court has found that the disputed entries are untrue in fact; that no payments were made by the executors to Mrs. Daniels of income from the fund bequeathed to the trustees for her benefit; but that all the payments covered by these entries were in fact made in pursuance of an order of court directing them to be made as an allowance for the support of the widow during the settlement of the estate. The Court of Probate having jurisdiction to make such an order, and no appeal being taken, and the order remaining unrevoked, the executors were fully pro*695tected in making the payments…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Barnum v. BoughtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1887
- Leavenworth v. MarshallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1849
- Baker's Appeal from ProbateConnecticut Superior Court · 1888
- Wheeler v. WheelerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1814
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- Baldwin v. Tradesmens National BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- Second National Bank of New Haven v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1963
- Estate of Rubinow v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1980
- Schwartz v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
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