Thompson v. Betts
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to determine the construction of the will of Charles E. Thompson of New Haven, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Gager, J., upon a finding of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court. The material portions of the will are as follows : “First. I give and bequeath absolutely to my wife, Anna M. Thompson, of said town of New Haven, the sum of thirty thousand dollars. Second.
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Action to determine the construction of the will of Charles E. Thompson of New Haven, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Gager, J., upon a finding of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court. The material portions of the will are as follows : “First. I give and bequeath absolutely to my wife, Anna M. Thompson, of said town of New Haven, the sum of thirty thousand dollars. Second. I give and bequeath absolutely as follows, to the following named persons, viz : To Ella L. Sheldon, of Middletown, Connecticut, three thousand dollars. To my…
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, C. J.
One of the questions reserved relates to the use, or admissibility, as aids in the process of construing the will in question, of certain of the evidential facts agreed upon, and that question will be first considered.
Certain of the parties in this case object to the use, or admissibility, for the above purpose, of certain of the facts stated in the record. To which of these facts the objection is taken, the record does not disclose; but in the briefs, and in the oral argument, it is and was taken only to two of them, namely: first, the fact that Emily Leek Betts was a favorite sister of the…
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