LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Catherine Baker et al. vs. William Hoxie, Administrator
Citation: 20 R.I. 331
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1897-12-29
Docket Number: 
Pages: 331–332
Volume: 20
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: Catherine Baker et al. vs. William Hoxie, Administrator.

Catherine Baker et al. vs. William Hoxie, Administrator.
WASHINGTON
DECEMBER 29, 1897.
Present : Matteson, C. J., Stiness and Tillingliast, JJ.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to grant a trial in said court, for reasons shown and upon terms, where an appellant has neglected to prosecute his probate appeal from'the judgment of commissioners on an insolvent estate.
Petition for a trial of a probate appeal which had not been duly prosecuted.'

Per Curiam.
Harris v. Earle, Ex. &c., 1370, April term, 1889, holds that under Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 221, § 8, this court may grant a trial in this court in a case in which the party has neglected to prosecute his appeal from the judgment of commissioners on an insolvent estate.
We do not think that the charges of fraud and conspiracy on which the present petition rests are established. If the petitioners are able to amend their petition so as to show a sufficient reason for the non-prosecution of the appeal, of which notice was given by their attorney, we will entertain a motion for that purpose.
Charles H. Page and Franklin P. Owen, for petitioner.
Walter B. Vincent, for respondents.
We think, too, that the person whose claim the petitioners desire to contest should also be made a party to the petition.