Whitehill v. Halbing

The decisive question raised in this appeal is' whether a later will containing a clause expressly revoking all former wills, takes effect immediately and finally, so that after its destruction by the testator a former will existing at the time of his death shall not be approved and set up as his last will. In deciding this question we are governed solely by the statute of wills of this State which was enacted in 1821. That statute changed the law which had been in force before that time and under which the case of James v. Marvin, 3 Conn. 576, was reserved for the consideration of this…