Clark v. Gilbert
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in equity, praying for a decree Testing the title to certain land in Jane E. Clark, one of the petitioners; brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex county, and reserved for advice on facts found by the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtButler, C. J.
The material facts on which this case rests, extracted from the findings, are as follows:
Henry W. Gilbert of Chester, a single man and a man of property, and the uncle of the petitioner, Jane E. Clark, desired that Mrs. Clark and her husband, who then resided in Meriden, should remove to Chester, that he might enjoy her society. In the year 1850, to induce them to leave Meriden and remove to Chester,-the said Gilbert promised that, if they would abandon business in Meriden and so remove, he would set the husband, Linus Clark, up in business, and build a house for his wife.. They did so…
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