Hawkins's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from sundry decrees of a court of probate in the settlement of an insolvent estate, assigned for the benefit of creditors under the insolvent law of the state, taken to the superior court in "Windham county, and reserved by that court for the advice of this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
On the 6th day of August, 1867, J. & W. Cocking, partners in business, made an assignment of their property to trustees, for the benefit of their creditors under the insolvent laws of this state.
The bankrupt law of the United States, approved March 2d, 1867, was then in full force. The trustees were proceeding with the settlement of said trust, under the direction of the court of probate, when, on the 23d day of October, 1867, the appellants, being creditors, appealed to the superior court from certain decrees of the court of probate relative thereto.
The reasons for appeal, which are demurred…
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