Legal Opinion
Ladd v. Burdge
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 18, 1945PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElls, J.
This is an appeal from a decree admitting to probate a will made by John W. Ladd in which he left $500 to his son Samuel and the residue of his estate to his daughter Rhoda. In a previous will he had devised a house in Philadelphia valued at $2000 to Samuel’s wife and son. They contested the later will, claiming lack of testamentary capacity and the exercise of undue influence. The jury returned a verdict sustaining the will, and the plaintiffs have appealed.
The assignments of error relate only to the charge of the trial court, and their purport is that in specified instances the court erred…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dale's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1888
- Heslin v. MaloneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- State v. MarxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
- Tuckel v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- Sullivan v. NesbitSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Tough v. IvesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- State v. MackSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Delott v. RorabackSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Anderson & McPadden, Inc. v. TunucciSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Dinkeloo v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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