Strong's Appeal
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the refusal of the Court of Prohate for the district of New London to admit to probate a certain instrument as the last will of Elizabeth M. Strong of New London, deceased, taken to the Superior Court in New London County, Gager, J., and reserved, upon a finding of facts, for the advice of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Jonathan N. Harris died in 1897, leaving by will his residuary estate in trust for twenty-one years and the life of his wife; a certain share of the annual income to be meanwhile annually paid to a niece of his wife, Miss Elizabeth M. Strong, during her life. At the end of that period, she was, if then living, to have a corresponding share of the principal. She was also given power to dispose by will of both the income and principal of such share, should she die before the trust was terminated. A few months later, in the same year, Miss Strong made a will bequeathing a silver tea-set to an…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Security Co. v. SnowSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- Dunham v. AverillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Stickney v. HammondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
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- ThompsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1917
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