Stockwell v. Stockwell's Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the decision of commissioners disallowing the the claim of Rosa A. Stockwell presented against the estate of Thomas E. Stockwell. Declaration, general assumpsit. Pleas, the general issue, payment, and the statute of limitations. Trial by. court at the September Term, 1916, Windham County, Slack, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff for a part of her claim.. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
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Appeal from the decision of commissioners disallowing the the claim of Rosa A. Stockwell presented against the estate of Thomas E. Stockwell. Declaration, general assumpsit. Pleas, the general issue, payment, and the statute of limitations. Trial by. court at the September Term, 1916, Windham County, Slack, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff for a part of her claim.. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case. So far as the indebtedness from the decedent to the plaintiff before marriage is concerned, the marriage of the parties did not extinguish it, and she retained all her…
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
The plaintiff appealed from the disallowance of her claim against the estate of her late husband, Thomas E. Stockwell. The trial below was by the court, and resulted in a judgment disallowing all the items in the plaintiff’s specifications, except the item of thirty-five dollars for a cow sold Stock-well. The plaintiff excepted. The specifications included twenty-eight items, of which only those hereinafter referred to are discussed in the plaintiff’s brief. All these items pertain to property held by Mrs. Stockwell as her separate estate. As we shall see, a part of these are for money…
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