Fox v. Shanley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the disallowance by the commissioners upon the estate of Marcella A. Fox, of a claim presented against her estate by the plaintiff, taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the plaintiff was nonsuited in a trial to the jury before Webb, J., and from the refusal of the trial court to set asidé that judgment the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtGager, J.
This is an appeal from the doings of commissioners in denying the plaintiff’s claim that certain real estate standing in the name of his deceased wife at the time of her death was affected with a resulting trust in his favor. The case was tried to the jury and upon the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case the court, upon motion, ordered a nonsuit, and this appeal is based substantially upon the refusal of the court to set aside the judgment as of nonsuit.
The transcript of the evidence shows that the jury might reasonably have found the following material facts, to wit: The plaintiff and his…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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