Beach v. Beers
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by a testamentary trustee to recover the balance claimed to be due from his deposed predecessor in office, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County where successive demurrers to the original and amended answers were sustained (Roraback and Gager, Js.), and the cause was afterward tried to the court, Reed, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for #11,487, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The plaintiff, by appointment of the Court of Probate of the district of Bridgeport, on the 25th of April, 1908, is the trustee of the estate of Wheeler Beers, who died in 1890v The defendant is the son of said Wheeler Beers, and was appointed trustee of said estate by" his father’s will, but was removed by said Court of Probate on the date first above named.
In paragraph 4 of the complaint, dated October 12th, 1904, and in the bill of particulars under said paragraph, the plaintiff charges the defendant with an indebtedness to the estate of $28,357.91. The item of such charge upon which the…
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