Hoadley v. Beardsley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the construction and validity of certain provisions of the will of Cynthia M. Merrill, late of New Haven, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Case, J., upon the facts alleged in the complaint, for the advice of this court. Cynthia M. Merrill, late of New Haven, died August 29th, 1887, leaving an estate consisting of both real and personal property, and a will and codicil duly probated.
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Suit to determine the construction and validity of certain provisions of the will of Cynthia M. Merrill, late of New Haven, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Case, J., upon the facts alleged in the complaint, for the advice of this court. Cynthia M. Merrill, late of New Haven, died August 29th, 1887, leaving an estate consisting of both real and personal property, and a will and codicil duly probated. By the earlier portions of her will, dated July 28th, 1885, she disposed of her household effects and wearing apparel. All the “remainder” of her…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The plaintiff, as trustee under the will of Cynthia M. Merrill, has in his hands property of her estaté amounting to upward of $100,000 in value. It is in part real and in part personal, and is made up of the residue of her estate originally given in trust, and accretions thereto by reason of the net income having been in excess of the amounts thereof required to be expended in the execution of the trust.
The questions presented for advice all relate to the disposition of this property. The heirs at law of the testatrix contend that all of it is her intestate estate ready for distribution as…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Palmer v. . HornNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
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- Pray v. . HegemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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- Bisson v. . W.S.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
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