Legal Opinion
Hebrew University Assn. v. Nye
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 28, 1961PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
The plaintiff obtained a judgment declaring that it is the rightful owner of the library of Abraham S. Yahuda, a distinguished Hebrew scholar who died in 1951. The library included rare books and manuscripts, mostly relating to the Bible, which Professor Yahuda, with the assistance of his wife, Ethel S. Yahuda, had collected during his lifetime. Some of the library was inventoried in Professor Yahuda’s estate and was purchased from the estate by his wife. There is no dispute that all of the library had become the property of Ethel before 1953 and was her property when she died on March 6,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Holt v. WissingerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
- Kriedel v. KrampitzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Candee v. Connecticut Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- Bachmann v. ReardonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Fasano v. MelisoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Wasniewski v. Quick and Reilly, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Hebrew University Assn. v. NyeConnecticut Superior Court · 1966
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