Riley v. Riley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an appeal from the doings of the commissioners on the estate of John C. Riley deceased, tried at the term of the super or court, holden at Litchfield, in March 1856. The widow of the deceased, whose name before marriage was Sally Phelps, presented to the commissioners, for allowance, two notes, which were in the following words t On demand, and interest, I promise to pay Sally Phelps, three hundred dollars, value received.
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This was an appeal from the doings of the commissioners on the estate of John C. Riley deceased, tried at the term of the super or court, holden at Litchfield, in March 1856. The widow of the deceased, whose name before marriage was Sally Phelps, presented to the commissioners, for allowance, two notes, which were in the following words t On demand, and interest, I promise to pay Sally Phelps, three hundred dollars, value received. (Signed) John C. Riley. lAtchfield, Sept. 25th, 1837. On demand, and interest, I, for value received, promise to pay Sally Phelps, twenty dollars. (Signed) John C.…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
The manifest equity of Mrs. Riley’s claim, so strongly commends itself to our favorable regard, that we are happy to find that its allowance can be sustained by undoubted principles of law. Commissioners on insolvent estates are clothed with both legal and equitable powers, so that, if the principles of either jurisdiction are sufficient to uphold Mrs. Riley’s claim, the appellant can not succeed in his appeal.
It appears, that some seven years before the marriage of Riley with Mrs. Riley, she made a loan to him of $320, for which he gave his two notes of hand. On the eve of the marriage, the…
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