Leavenworth v. Marshall
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. Tins was an appeal from three orders of the court of probate for the district of Farmington, made in the settlement of the estate of Preserved Marshall, late of Avon, deceased : one allowing and settling the administration account of Ruth Marshall, the widow of the deceased, and the surviving executor of the will; another, for the sale of the real estate of the deceased ; and a third, accepting and approving the return of sale.
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IN ERROR. Tins was an appeal from three orders of the court of probate for the district of Farmington, made in the settlement of the estate of Preserved Marshall, late of Avon, deceased : one allowing and settling the administration account of Ruth Marshall, the widow of the deceased, and the surviving executor of the will; another, for the sale of the real estate of the deceased ; and a third, accepting and approving the return of sale. The testator, by his will, bearing date October 7th, 1842, devised and bequeathed to his wife a legacy of 3000 dollars, to be paid to her out of his estate,…
1Opinion of the CourtWaite, J.
Numerous questions have'been presented - upon the record, in this case, for our consideration. But as the case comes before us, by motion in error, if any one of the reasons assigned for the reversal of the judgment of the superior court, is deemed sufficient, that judgment must be reversed, whatever the court may think as to the validity of the other reasons.
We shall therefore consider only some of the principal questions involved. One of them is, whether the whole expense of establishing the will, before the superior court, upon an appeal taken by one of the heirs at law, was justly…
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