VanBuskirk v. Knierim

The parties to this appeal stipulated to the facts upon which the Superior Court in Hartford County rendered the judgment from which the appeal was taken. That stipulation, together with the court’s finding, discloses the following factual situation: On April 29, 1972, Francis H. Whitmore, a resident within the probate district of Simsbury, died testate. The plaintiff, sister and sole heir-at-law of the decedent and a resident of New Hampshire, on May 22, 1972, signed a general waiver of notice of hearing for the admission to probate of the will and codicil of the decedent. The waiver was…