Dunham v. Averill
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition in Equity, by the executors of James Root, for advice as to the .proper construction of his will; brought, to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and reserved, upon facts found, for the advice of this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
James Root, of Hartford, died on the 17th day of April, 1875, having made a will upon the 14th day of July, 1874. Austin C. Dunham and John C. Parsons, of Hartford, and Loren Prentiss, of Ohio, who were named therein as executors, have brought their petition to the Superior Court, in which they say that two corporations, to wit, the American. Bible Society and the American and Foreign Bible Society claim the same legacy; that the corporation known as the Hartford Hospital claims to be entitled to a legacy under the tenth clause of the will, whereas the executors are of opinion that the same…
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