Strong v. Elliott
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an order and decree of the Court of Probate for the district of New Milford distributing the testate estate of Alice C. Bostwick, late of New Milford, deceased, and involving the construction of her will, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Litchfield County, Case, Jfacts found and judgment rendered confirming in part and setting aside in part the decree of the Court of Probate, from which the plaintiffs and St. John’s Parish appealed.
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Appeal from an order and decree of the Court of Probate for the district of New Milford distributing the testate estate of Alice C. Bostwick, late of New Milford, deceased, and involving the construction of her will, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Litchfield County, Case, Jfacts found and judgment rendered confirming in part and setting aside in part the decree of the Court of Probate, from which the plaintiffs and St. John’s Parish appealed. Alice C. Bostwick, late of New Milford, died August 17th, 1908, leaving a will, and an estate which consisted of about $196,000 in cash and…
1Opinion of the CourtPbentice, J.
The first question presented by these appeals arises from the ninth and tenth paragraphs of the will. By the ninth, Jennette L. Gaylord is given the sum of $15,000- absolutely. By the tenth, it is provided that in case of her decease without issue the legacy shall go to other persons. She claims that upon the death of Mrs. Bostwick the legacy vested in her absolutely. The plaintiffs, being two of the four donees under the tenth clause, contend that she took only an estate tail by implication, with a gift over by way of executory devise to the four persons named.
The ninth paragraph contains an…
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