Thomas Appeal From Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the denial, by the Court of Probate for the District of Milford, of an application by a conservator praying that he might be authorized to compromise and settle a claim against the incompetent person for legal services and expenses, upon the terms stated in such application, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered granting the desired authority, and appeal by the town of Milford.
1Opinion of the CourtRojkaback, J.
This is an application by one Edwin S. Thomas, conservator of the estate of Edward A. Spencer, for authority to compromise and settle a claim of $1,010.74 by a cash payment of $700.74. The Court of Probate for the district of Milford denied this application, but stated that it would approve of a compromise of this claim for $200. The conservator appealed to the Superior Court. Before the reasons of appeal were filed in the Superior Court, a demurrer was interposed, which was overruled. The parties then went to trial in the Superior Court on issues raised upon the reasons of appeal, and…
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