Legal Opinion
Noble v. Andrews
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided October 15, 1870PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Bill in equity, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and reserved on facts found for the advice of this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The plaintiffs, who are the children of William H. and Hannah I. Noble, found their right to relief in this case on the following clause in the last will of their grandfather, Benjamin Brooks, deceased: — ■
“ Third. I give, devise, and bequeath unto William H. Noble, one of said nine portions” (the testator having directed his estate to be divided into nine equal parts, after the payment *347of liis debts and certain specified legacies, appropriations, &c.) “ in trust for his wife Harriet, during her natural life, for her sole and separate use, and to her heirs forever, subject to the use of the…
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