Bishop v. Copp
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an order and decree of the Court of Probate for the district of Groton approving and admitting to probate a certain instrument in writing as the last will of Mary Ellen Benham of Groton, deceased, taken to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Wolfe, J.; verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant, sustaining the will, from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Probate admitting to probate a certain instrument as the last will of Ellen Benham, raised three questions: (1) Whether the instrument was executed by Ellen Benham as required by law; (2) whether at the time of execution of this instrument she had the testamentary capacity to make a will; (3) whether the will was procured by the fraud, duress and undue influence of the beneficiaries and of B. A. Copp, the executor.
The appellant, in entire disregard of our settled practice, filed a “motion to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial,” and also a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
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