State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on a probate bond; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, the suit being brought at the request and for the benefit of the Security Company, a corporation, administrator de bonis non with the will annexed on the estate of Reed Anderson, deceased.
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Action on a probate bond; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, the suit being brought at the request and for the benefit of the Security Company, a corporation, administrator de bonis non with the will annexed on the estate of Reed Anderson, deceased. The case was tried to the court before Beardsley, J. The parts of the will important to the case are as follows:— “ I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sophia one half of all my estate, both real and personal, to have and to hold the same to her, and to her own proper use and benefit forever. “And, furthermore, I give and…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
Reed Anderson disposed of one half of all his property by will in fee to his wife, and then in the same will made disposition of the other half to her as follows: “ And furthermore I give and bequeath to my wife Sophia the remaining half of my estate, both real and personal, with the right to sell, dispose of, convey and use the same without any restrictions whatever during her natural life; and at her decease, one half of what remains of my estate I give and bequeath to my brother Willis Anderson, to my sister Polly Cone, and to my sister Nancy Hungerford, to be equally divided between them.”
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