In re Hodges' Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an appeal from a decree of the probate court •settling the account of Smith ITodges, trustee. Heard at the December term, 1892, Windsor county, upon the report ■of a commissioner and exceptions thereto, Tyler, J., presiding. Judgment that the report be accepted, and that nothing is due from the said Smith Hodges, trustee. The «state of Polly Hodges, appellant, excepts.
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This was an appeal from a decree of the probate court •settling the account of Smith ITodges, trustee. Heard at the December term, 1892, Windsor county, upon the report ■of a commissioner and exceptions thereto, Tyler, J., presiding. Judgment that the report be accepted, and that nothing is due from the said Smith Hodges, trustee. The «state of Polly Hodges, appellant, excepts. Edmund Hodges died February 22, 1864, leaving a will of which Smith Hodges was appointed executor by the probate court. March n, 1867, said executor settled his account in the probate court, and there was found upon…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
It was held in this case, reported in 63 Vt. 661, that after the ascertainment of the amount of the residuum of the estate of Edmund Hodges, and the decree of the probate court leaving it in the hands of Smith Hodges, the executor, to be applied to the use of the widow, Polly Hodges, in accordance with the provisions of the will, the executor was under the obligations,of a trustee as completely as if so named in the will and appointed by the court. On this basis he is to account for the income of the trust fund, to which the widow was entitled.
The executor contends that he should not be…
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