Legal Opinion
Connecticut Junior Republic v. Sharon Hospital
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 10, 1982PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur H. Healey, J.
The sole issue presented in this case is whether extrinsic evidence of a mistake by a scrivener of a testamentary instrument is admissible in a proceeding to determine the validity of the testamentary instrument. On October 3, 1979, Richards Haskell Emerson, a resident of Lakeville, died at the age of seventy-nine. He had never married and left several cousins as his closest heirs at law. Emerson left a will dated May 19, 1960, and two codicils dated December 4, 1969 (first codicil) and October 24,1975 (second codicil), all of which were offered for probate by the named executor, the Third…
2Cases cited62 opinions
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3Cited by25 opinions
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