Mead's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the doings of commissioners on the insolvent estate of Theodore H. Mead, deceased; taken to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The following facts were found by the court:— Theodore H. Mead, of Greenwich, in this state, died intestate, January U fch, 1876. Administration was granted on his estate; the state was represented insolvent, and commissioners were appointed.
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Appeal from the doings of commissioners on the insolvent estate of Theodore H. Mead, deceased; taken to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The following facts were found by the court:— Theodore H. Mead, of Greenwich, in this state, died intestate, January U fch, 1876. Administration was granted on his estate; the state was represented insolvent, and commissioners were appointed. Within the time limited for the exhibition of claims against the estate, the appellant presented-to the commissioners the following claim : “Greenwich, August 12th, 1876. “ Estate of Theodore H. Mead, deceased,…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
The first question presented by the record is, did the commissioners properly reject the appellant’s claim for the amount due on the lost note ?
It appears from the finding of the Superior Court that the appellant, among other claims, presented to the commissioners a claim for $10,000 for money loaned to, and paid out for, Theodore H. Mead in his life time, at his request at various times. The appellees claimed that the lost note was not embraced in this last claim, and objected to the evidence in relation to it. The commissioners rejected the evidence and disallowed the claim. We assume this…
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