Case Name: Charles F. M. Stark, Ap't, v. Arthur Winslow
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1914-12-01
Citations: 77 N.H. 599
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charles F. M. Stark, Ap’t, v. Arthur Winslow.
Judges: All concurred.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 599–599

Head Matter:
Merrimack,
Dec. 1, 1914.
Charles F. M. Stark, Ap’t, v. Arthur Winslow.
Probate Appeal. The plaintiff was cited into the probate court to settle his account as trustee under the will of Harriet Stark. The court not only charged him with the accumulated income of the trust fund, but ordered him to pay it to St. Paul’s School, and from the latter part of the decree he appealed. At the April term, 1914, of the superior court, the appeal was dismissed by Branch, J., and the plaintiff excepted.
Martin & Howe (Mr. Howe orally), for the plaintiff.
Samuel C. Eastman (by brief and orally), for the defendant.
Foster & Lake, for St. Paul’s School.

Opinion:
Young, J.
The probate court has no jurisdiction of the distribution of personal property passing by will. P. S., C.-196, s. 6. Consequently it had no power to make the decree appealed from. The order must therefore be,
Appeal sustained: decree of the probate court vacated in so far as it relates to the distribution of the accumulated income.
All concurred.