Hughes v. Fitzgerald
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Patrick Fitzgerald of New Haven, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Robinson, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the advice of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Patrick Fitzgerald of New Haven died in 1864, leaving a widow, now deceased, and four children: Mary, then thirty-five years of age, Johanna twenty-eight, Elizabeth twenty-three, and a son John. Mary and John have since died; and Johanna (now Johanna Canning) and Elizabeth, the former both individually and as executrix of the will of her sister Mary, are the only persons interested in the property in controversy.
The provisions of the will of Patrick Fitzgerald material to the questions in this case are the following: “ I give, bequeath, and devise all the rest, residue, and remainder of all…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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