Hotchkiss v. Beach
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was an appeal from the following decree of the court ,of probate for Neio-Haven district: “ It is found, by this court, since the order heretofore passed for a dividend among the creditors, that the following debts, mentioned in the commissioners’ report, viz. tire debts due to Jehial Forbes Son, to Ebenezer Seeley, to H. R. tj- S. R. Hotchkiss, and to Riley B. Beach, the whole amounting, as appears by the commissioners’ report, to the sum of 1816 dollars, 83…
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IN ERROR. This was an appeal from the following decree of the court ,of probate for Neio-Haven district: “ It is found, by this court, since the order heretofore passed for a dividend among the creditors, that the following debts, mentioned in the commissioners’ report, viz. tire debts due to Jehial Forbes Son, to Ebenezer Seeley, to H. R. tj- S. R. Hotchkiss, and to Riley B. Beach, the whole amounting, as appears by the commissioners’ report, to the sum of 1816 dollars, 83 cents ; which amount was due from Cyrus Beach, the deceased, and Lois Chittenden, as partners ; and that the personal…
1Opinion of the CourtChuRch, J.
The regulations for the settlement of insolvent estates, in this state, are statutory. We can look no where but to our statutes for the powers and duties of courts of probate ; although these courts, like all others, possess such incidental powers as are necessary to an entire performance of their duties.
Judges of probate have no jurisdiction concurrent with commissioners upon insolvent estates. Upon an examination of our statutes, I think it will not be discovered, that any power is given to judges of probate to allow or disallow, either directly or indirectly, any claim or demand against an…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Coit v. TracySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1830
- Witter v. RichardsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1833
3Cited by3 opinions
- Delehanty v. PitkinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Ashmead's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
- Vail's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1870