In re Bingham
Supreme Court of Vermont
Habeas Corpus addressed to the sheriff of Addison county, who made return that he held the relator in custody in the common jail of that county, by virtue of a warrant signed by Hon.' Calvin Tilden, judge of probate for the district of Addison.This warrant set forth that previous to the 1st df January, 1857, the relator and Alonzo L. Bingham wore appointed by the probate court for the district of Addison, administrators of the' estate of Reuben P. Bingham, deceased ; that on…
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Habeas Corpus addressed to the sheriff of Addison county, who made return that he held the relator in custody in the common jail of that county, by virtue of a warrant signed by Hon.' Calvin Tilden, judge of probate for the district of Addison.This warrant set forth that previous to the 1st df January, 1857, the relator and Alonzo L. Bingham wore appointed by the probate court for the district of Addison, administrators of the' estate of Reuben P. Bingham, deceased ; that on the 8th of May, 1858, they were by said court duly removed from such office oí administrators, and that Jacob W. Conroe…
1Opinion of the Court
Redeield, Ch, J.
This case involves the right of the judges of probate in the several districts in the State, under the proviso ions of the statutes, to enforce their final decrees on the accounts of executors and administrators by process of contempt. The terms of the statute are very broad; Ch. 47, secs. 12 and 13.
“Probate courts may issue all warrants and processes in con-, formity to the rules of law, which may be necessary to compel the attendance of witnesses, or to carry into effect any order, sentence or decree of such courts, or the powers granted them by law.”
“ If any person shall…
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