Warner's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a decree of the court of probate for the district of Plymouth, ordering the distribution of the estate of Anna Scoville, reserved by the Superior Court for the advice of this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
.Poster, J.
The question in this case depends upon the construction to be given to the following clause in Mrs. Sco-ville’s will:—
“ Tbe remainder of my estate, both real and personal, that which fell to me at my father’s death, in the Hartford Bank, under trustees ; that left me by my husband’s estate ; all that belongs to me, to be divided into four equal parts — one fourth to be divided among the heirs of brother Eli Terry deceased, one fourth among the children of my brother Henry Terry, one fourth to the children of my brother Silas B. Terry, and one fourth to the sons of my two sisters…
2Cited by10 opinions
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- Walker v. First Trust & Savings BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Swallow v. SwallowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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