Legal Opinion
Cook v. Hirschberg
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 6, 1958No. 379, Docket 25009PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from Judge Smith’s dismissal upon defendants’ motion of a claim based upon an alleged oral contract between husband and wife for the making of mutual wills alleged to have been breached by the defendants’ testator, the husband. The plaintiffs are a nephew and two nieces of Amelia B. C. Philbrick, first wife of Joseph M. Philbrick, to whom she was married apparently before 1911 and at least before her will of September 27, 1923, hereinafter discussed. She died on March 29, 1931, and under her will about $246,830.96 was distributed to Joseph, who on June 10,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Engl v. ætna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Grant v. GrantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- McDonald v. Hartford Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- William J. Kelly Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1949
- Cone v. DunhamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Kennecott Copper Corporation v. Curtiss-Wright CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- National Ass'n of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Inc. v. Ayerst LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
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