In re Welch's Will
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from a decree of the probate court decreeing a legacy to Harriet Ella Hubbard Field. Harriet Anna Hubbard, Appellant. Heard on the report of a referee at the December Term, 1904, Addison County, Tyler, J., presiding. Decree of the probate court affirmed. Harriet Anna Hubbard, Appellant, excepted. The county court decided the case as a question of law on the facts found, and the case comes before this Court just as it did before the county court.
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Appeal from a decree of the probate court decreeing a legacy to Harriet Ella Hubbard Field. Harriet Anna Hubbard, Appellant. Heard on the report of a referee at the December Term, 1904, Addison County, Tyler, J., presiding. Decree of the probate court affirmed. Harriet Anna Hubbard, Appellant, excepted. The county court decided the case as a question of law on the facts found, and the case comes before this Court just as it did before the county court. Re McKeough’s Bst., 69 Vt. 41. Middle names are often disregarded; errors in them1 do not vitiate contracts. 21 Enc. of Law, 2nd Ed. 302;…
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
We are called upon to ascertain the person entitled to a legacy given to the testatrix’ niece, Harriet Ellen Hubbard. The legacy is claimed by two nieces of the testatrix, the petitioner and the appellant in this proceeding. The • appellant’s name is Harriet Anna Hubbard. The petitioner’s maiden name was Harriet Ella Hubbard, but she became a Field by marriage some years before the will was made.
The county court sent the case to a referee to ascertain and report “all facts relative to the identity of the petitioner or the appellant * * with the legatee named in said will as Harriet Ellen…
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