Grilley v. Atkins
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit by the grantee of a deed to secure the cancellation of a subsequent deed as a cloud on his title, or for other relief, brought to the .District Court of Waterbury and thence by the defendant’s appeal to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, George W. Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, C. J.
The plaintiff and the defendant are half-brothers, sons of the same mother, Eunice A. Atkins. She died in September, 1899, aged 86 years. The dispute between the brothers relates to the ownership of land lying in the town of Waterbury and described in the first paragraph of the complaint. The plaintiff claims the land under a deed from his mother made in April, 1898, hereinafter for brevity called deed A, while the defendant claims it, or a portion of it, under a deed from her made in June, 1899, hereinafter called deed B.
The controlling facts in the case are in substance as fol lows: On…
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