Beardsley v. Selectmen of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit by an executor, for advice as to the construction and validity of certain bequests in a will and codicil? brought to the Superior Court.
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Suit by an executor, for advice as to the construction and validity of certain bequests in a will and codicil? brought to the Superior Court. The will in question was that of Aaron Summers, of Bridgeport, Conn., who died in April, 1884. It was dated March 16th, 1881, and was as follows: “ I, Aaron Summers, of Bridgeport, do will and bequeath the use of my whole estate, both personal and real, after my just debts and funeral charges are paid, to my wife, Anna Maria, while she remains my widow. After her second marriage, if it should ever Occur, or her decease, I will the whole of my estate,…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
By his will as originally made Aaron Sum*491rners gave to Ills wife the use of his entire estate during life or widowhood; by the codicil he gave $1,000 to the Bridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum and $1,000 to the Bridgeport Hospital. The claim of the widow is, that she is to have the use for life of the entire estate and that neither of these legacies is payable until after her death. But the office of this codicil is to change what had been written before; it is the latest and controlling expression of the testator’s wish. The bequests thereby made are absolute in terms; as perfectly so as is…
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