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Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an order and decree of the Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield, taken to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Creorge W. Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the appellee, and appeal by the appellants for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order and decree of the Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield, taken to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Creorge W. Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the appellee, and appeal by the appellants for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. Irrespective of the question of the validity of the note, a distribution should not be sustained which deprives the appellants of their just rights, by giving the bulk of the real estate to the other heirs, and distributing…
1Opinion of the CourtTobbaptce, J.
Orlando O. Nichols died in February, 1875, leaving a widow, and four children, James, Charles, Sarah and Mary. By his will his widow was given the life use of *87all his estate, both real and personal, and after her death the same was to be equally divided between the children. The widow died in May, 1890. After her death distribution was made by distributors duly appointed by the Court of Probate, and the return thereof was accepted by said court on the 26th day of June, 1898.
In August, 1878, the present appellants obtained a judgment against Charles, one of the four children of the deceased,…
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