Felton v. Sowles
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the Probate Court, September Term, 1884, Royce, Ch. J., presiding'. Motion to dismiss the appeal overruled. cited on the question of appeal, R. L. ss. 2067, 2278, 2284; Leach v. Leach, 50 Yt. 618; Leach v. Leach, 51 Yt. 440; Kimball v. Kimball, 19 Vt. 579. cited on the question of appeal, Johnson v. Williams, 48 Yt. 565; Hilliard v. McDaniels, 48 Yt. 122; Holmes v. Holmes, 26 Yt. 536; Adams v. Adams, 21 Yt. 162.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Taft, J.
The question is made by the appellees, on their motion to dismiss the appeal. The appellant was appointed executor of the will of Hiram Bellows, and under the statute gave his individual bond for the payment of the legacies under the will. He was also appointed trustee of a fund for the benefit of St. Luke’s Church, and gave a similar bond as trustee. The will provided that his in*383dividual bond should alone be taken. The appellees in the first case, being legatees and in the latter, representatives of the church, petitioned the Probate Court,…
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- Leach v. of LeachSupreme Court of Vermont · 1879
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- In re Bellows' EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1887
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