Holcomb v. Sherwood
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Ejectment. Exception was taken by the defendant on the trial to the admission of a distribution, under an order of the court of probate, of the estate of Oran Sherwood, embracing the demanded premises ; and judgment having been rendered for the plaintiff the defendant moved for a new trial. The case will be sufficiently understood from the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The plaintiff’s title to the demanded premises depended upon the validity of a distribution of the estate of Oran Sherwood, under the orders of the court of probate. The distribution is claimed to be invalid only for the reason that Richmond Sherwood, one of the heirs of Oran, had, before it was made, conveyed all his interest in the estate to Fanny Sherwood, who is now the wife of the defendant. This ’conveyance, it is said, changed the character of the estate, so that it was no longer held by the heirs as co-parceners, but had become a tenancy in common between Richmond’s grantee and the…
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