Lepard v. Clapp
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Caleb Clapp of Hartford, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Case, J., upon a finding of facts, for the' advice of this court: When this case was reached for argument on May 8th, it appeared that no executor or other personal representative of the decedent was a party, whereupon the cause was remanded in order that an administrator de bonis non e. t. a. might be appointed…
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Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Caleb Clapp of Hartford, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Case, J., upon a finding of facts, for the' advice of this court: When this case was reached for argument on May 8th, it appeared that no executor or other personal representative of the decedent was a party, whereupon the cause was remanded in order that an administrator de bonis non e. t. a. might be appointed and made a party. Caleb Clapp of Hartford died February 15th, 1881, possessed of both real and personal estate, and…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
It is apparent from the provisions of the testator’s will that it was his controlling purpose, in the disposition which he made of his estate, to treat with such perfect equality and impartiality as the circumstances would permit his five sons and only children, and upon the death of each of them to substitute for him in this scheme of equal benefaction those whom the testator conceived to be the proper persons to stand for and represent the deceased as being of or belonging to his stock. The purpose to avoid all discrimination is one which the testator carried not only to the sons but to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- St. John v. DannSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Johnson v. EdmondSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Tingier v. ChamberlinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Andrews v. RiceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1886
- Mason v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Mitchell v. ReevesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
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- Farnam v. FarnamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
- Reeder v. AntrimIndiana Court of Appeals · 1915
- Congregational Home Missionary Society v. Thames Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1940