Selleck v. Rusco
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. ' The plaintiff held by assignment sundry claims against the estate of Noah Rusco, deceased, and sued the defendant as his executor, claiming upon the facts proved that he had made himself executor in his own wrong. The case was tried to the court on the general issue before Sovey, J., who made a special finding of the facts and rendered judgment thereon for the defendant.
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Assumpsit, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. ' The plaintiff held by assignment sundry claims against the estate of Noah Rusco, deceased, and sued the defendant as his executor, claiming upon the facts proved that he had made himself executor in his own wrong. The case was tried to the court on the general issue before Sovey, J., who made a special finding of the facts and rendered judgment thereon for the defendant. The plaintiff brought the case before this court by a motion in error. The points of law decided by the court will be sufficiently understood without a statement…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
The question in this case is, whether upon the facts found the defendant can be charged as executor in his own wrong, by reason of his drawing from a savings bank a sum of money which had belonged to Noah Rusco, the deceased, and which it is claimed was a part of the assets of his estate. The Superior Court held that he was not so chargeable, and the plaintiff brings the case before this court by a motion in error.
By the finding it appears that Noah Rusco, on the 8th of ■December, 1875, twenty-six days before his death, signed by his mark an order on the Norwalk Savings Society in favor of…
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