Fourth Ecclesiastical Society in Middletown v. Mather
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an appeal from the doings of the commissioners on the estate of Thomas Miner, M. D., deceased, touching certain claims against that estate in favour of Samuel Mather.
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This was an appeal from the doings of the commissioners on the estate of Thomas Miner, M. D., deceased, touching certain claims against that estate in favour of Samuel Mather. The claim of Samuel Mather exhibited to the commissioners, was as follows: “ The estate of Dr. Thomas Miner, deceased, , To Samuel Mather, Dr. To the amount of the inventory of the estate of Mrs. Phebe Miner, deceased, to which said Samuel Mather is entitled under the last will and testament of said Phebe Miner, as her residuary devisee and legatee, viz. One lot of land of about 20 acres, specified in said inventory,…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
The appellants object to the allowance, by the commissioners, of the claim of Samuel Mather, on the ground, that it was barred by the statute of limitations, du* ring the life-time of the deceased.
The objection is founded upon the antenuptial agreement made between the late Dr. Thomas Miner and his then intended wife, Phebe Mather, and her trustee, Thomas Mather. In that agreement Dr. Miner', who, in contemplation of marriage, was about to receive a certain amount of property from the wife, covenanted, among other things, that he would pay to the trustee two thirds of 6595 dollars, 84 cents,…
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