Parish v. Hedges
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal (specially allowed) from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia sitting as a probate court vacating a previous order of the court approving the final account of an executrix, and requiring her to give an additional bond.
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Hearing on an appeal (specially allowed) from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia sitting as a probate court vacating a previous order of the court approving the final account of an executrix, and requiring her to give an additional bond. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from an order of the supreme court of the District, holding probate court, setting aside and vacating a prior order of that court approving the final account of the appellant, Emily E. Parish, as executrix of the will of Joseph W. Parish, deceased, and ordering said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bobb
Section 350 of the Code provides that “no executor or ad- ■ ministrator who shall, after the lapse of one year after the date of his letters, have paid away assets to the discharge of just claims, shall be answerable for any claim of which he had no knowledge or notice by an exhibition of the claim, legally *28authenticated” [31 Stat. at L. 1246, chap. 854], provided that, before distribution, he shall have given legal notice to claimants. Inasmuch as such noticé was given in this case, the important question arises whether said letter to Mr.' Robinson constituted constructive notice to • the…
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- Stewart v. SpragueMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
- Connor v. Peugh's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Pacific Manufacturing Co. v. BrownWashington Supreme Court · 1894
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. BentonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889
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- Brown v. BrownDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1942