Legal Opinion
Alice McNamara Miller v. Anna G. McNamara
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided March 23, 1948No. File 71918PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtComley, J.
In 1934 Thomas J. McNamara engaged Attorney Thomas J. Ryan of New Haven to prepare his last will and testament. After the document had been executed it was left in the custody of Mr. Ryan who deposited it in his office safe. Thomas J. McNamara died on January 2, 1936. Mr. Ryan did not learn of his death until Decmber, 1940, and then only through the fortuitous circumstance that another of his clients, who was a neighbor of Mrs. McNamara, happened to mention the fact to him.
In the meantime, Mrs. McNamara who is the defendant in this action and who at the time knew nothing about the will then…
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