O'Brien v. Flint
Supreme Court of Connecticut
decided March 5th, 1902. Action to recover the possession of certain real estate and the rents and profits thereof, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Curtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The defendant claims title to the demanded premises under the widow of James Fox. By the will of the latter he gave her all his property, real and personal, during her life, with remainder to his son, adding: “If it should be necessary for the support of my wife and son to sell a portion of the land, I hereby give my wife, Catherine, full power to sell and convey as she maj^ judge best.” She sold several parcels of the real estate, some of the conveyances purporting to be in execution of the power and others .being simple warranty deeds. The son having died, she then mortgaged the demanded…
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