Walker v. King
Supreme Court of Vermont
THIS was an action of trover, in which a verdict and judgment had been entered for the plaintiff, and the cause removed to this Court, on exceptions taken at the trial.
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THIS was an action of trover, in which a verdict and judgment had been entered for the plaintiff, and the cause removed to this Court, on exceptions taken at the trial. This term, the death of Gideon King was suggested upon the record j whereupon, Robinson, the attorney of record of the said King, informed the Court, that his estate had been represented insolvent, and,'as amicus curia, moved that the action be discontinued, agreeably to the proviso to the fifty-third section of the probate act. Bennett, for the plaintiff, said, that here being a judgment, final but for the exceptions, which…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
we are all of opinion, that there having been a judgment below, and the case standing on exceptions, they are to be regarded as in the'nature of a writ of error, and the cause must be disposed of here.
2Cited by2 opinions
- Noyes v. PierceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1923
- Snow v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1882