McDaniels v. McDaniels
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an appeal from the judgment of the probate court, upon the report of the commissioners, upon the estate of James McDaniels. The case was, by consent of parties, referred, and was, at the September Term, Rutland county, 1866, Steele, J., presiding, heard upon general exceptions to the report of the referees. The court rendered judgment for the plaintiff upon the report. Exceptions by defendant.
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This was an appeal from the judgment of the probate court, upon the report of the commissioners, upon the estate of James McDaniels. The case was, by consent of parties, referred, and was, at the September Term, Rutland county, 1866, Steele, J., presiding, heard upon general exceptions to the report of the referees. The court rendered judgment for the plaintiff upon the report. Exceptions by defendant. The plaintiff presented his claim against the estate of James McDaniels to the commissioners, amounting, as stated, to $650,000. This claim being disallowed, he appealed, and in the county…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Wilson, J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the probate court upon the report of the commissioners on the estate of James McDaniels. It appears that the plaintiff filed in the county court his declaration claiming against the estate abalance on book accounts, and also claiming under the common counts in assumpsit. The cause was, by consent of the parties, referred under a general rule of reference, and was heard in the county court upon general exceptions to the report of the referees. The exceptions to the report upon which the case was heard and…
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