Freeman Appeal from Doings of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the doings of commissioners upon the estate of H. DrusiUa Mitchell, an insolvent debtor, in allowing a claim against her estate, taken by the trustee thereon to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the court, Prentice, J.; facts found and judgment rendered disallowing the claim, and appeal by the claimant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Appeal from the doings of commissioners upon the estate of H. DrusiUa Mitchell, an insolvent debtor, in allowing a claim against her estate, taken by the trustee thereon to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the court, Prentice, J.; facts found and judgment rendered disallowing the claim, and appeal by the claimant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The claim presented to the commissioners was for $20,000, described as money due in three ways : first, by virtue of an agreement made by H. Drusilla Mitchell and one George H. Mitchell, on March 3d, 1892; second, on a…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
A claim against the estate of H. Drusilla Mitchell, an insolvent debtor, was presented by the American Exchange National Bank of Chicago, and allowed in full by the commissioners. A trust deed of land in Illinois had been given to secure the debt for which claim was made, and the commissioners inquired into the cash value of this security, and reported it to the Court of Probate, under General Statutes, § 590. The trustee in insolvency appealed from their doings in allowing the claim.
These doings were of a twofold character. They allowed the claim to a certain amount, and they determined the…
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