Legal Opinion
Bergin v. Bergin
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided April 16, 1986No. 2222PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpallone, J.
The plaintiffs have appealed from a judgment of the Superior Court dismissing their appeal from the Cheshire Probate Court.
Elizabeth Bergin died testate. Edward Bergin, her nephew and the father of the plaintiffs, was a beneficiary under her will. He predeceased the testatrix. The Probate Court construed Elizabeth Bergin’s will in such a way as to determine that the bequest to Edward Bergin lapsed and passed by intestacy to the heirs of the testatrix, rather than to the plaintiffs.
On December 1,1982, the Probate Court granted the plaintiffs’ motion to appeal to the Superior Court. The appeal…
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