Hills v. Hart
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an order and decree of the Court of Probate for the district of Hartford approving and admitting to probate a certain written instrument as the last will and testament of Julia G. Hills of Hartford, deceased, taken to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Case, J.; verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, setting aside two clauses of the will, and appeal by the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
Mrs. Hills died June 22d, 1912; her will was executed November 13th, 1911, and probated July 19th, 1912. She was a widow, sixty-five years of age, having three adult children, Louis, Stuart, and Mrs. Hinkley. The will gave to Mrs. Hinkley her personal and household effects and a savings-bank deposit of about $680; to Stuart $2,000; to a long-time domestic servant $1,000; and in the fifth paragraph it disposed of the residue, giving in the second clause two thirds thereof to Mrs. Hinkley, and in the third clause it disposed of the remaining one third, giving $1,500 to Louis and his wife and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dale's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1888
- St. Leger's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1867
- Lockwood v. LockwoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- Sturdevant's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Mooney v. MooneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
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