Day v. Webler
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of interpleader to determine the respective rights of the respondents in and to a legacy of $12,000 under the will of Mary Jane Pomeroy of Hartford, deceased, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Burpee, J.; facts found and judgment rendered against Carrie Webler Loomis, from which she appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The trial of the interpleader developed these facts: Mrs. Mary Jane Pomeroy, of Hartford, deceased March 15th, 1917, leaving a will, the fourteenth paragraph of which was: “14. I give and bequeath to Keziah L. Webler, of Bristol, . . . and in case of her death before mine, then to her children, $12,000.” Keziah Webler predeceased Mrs. Pomeroy.
Upon the hearing on the interpleader, Bryon P. Webler, who is the sole child of Keziah Webler, claimed the entire legacy. Mrs. Carrie W. Loomis claimed the right to share this legacy equally with Byron P. Webler. Her claim was that the textatrix intended…
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