Morse v. Slason
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the court of chancery. The bill, in this case, was brought by the orators in behalf of themselves and the other creditors of Hoit Guernsey, deceased, alledging, among other things, that a large amount of the personal property of the said Guernsey had come into the possession of the defendants, Slason and Langdon, at or about the time of his decease, and that the defendants, Slason and Denison, were administrators upon the. estate of the said Guernsey, and that…
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Appeal from the court of chancery. The bill, in this case, was brought by the orators in behalf of themselves and the other creditors of Hoit Guernsey, deceased, alledging, among other things, that a large amount of the personal property of the said Guernsey had come into the possession of the defendants, Slason and Langdon, at or about the time of his decease, and that the defendants, Slason and Denison, were administrators upon the. estate of the said Guernsey, and that said property had never been inventoried by the administrators, and praying that it might be decreed to be assets in their…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, J.
Most of the questions presented arise on exceptions to the master’s report, which were overruled by the chancellor. The tw'o first exceptions proceed upon the ground that the defendants were bound to account for the property in question, at the respective prices stated in their answers ; and hence that the master should have taken the answers as conclusive evidence of the value. But the answers do not directly alledge the value of any of the articles ; it is only stated that they were allowed, at certain prices, to the estate of Guernsey.…
2Cited by1 opinion
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