Bates v. Spooner
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action under General Statutes, Rev. 1902, § 4053, by an execution creditor who had levied on certain real estate, to ascertain and establish his title; brought to the Superior Court for Fairfield County and reserved (Gager, J”.), on a finding of facts, for the advice of this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The plaintiff claims title under a levy of execution against Charles W. Spooner on an undivided third interest in certain lands vested in him as an heir at law of Clapp Spooner, who died in 1899. The will of Clapp Spooner purports to dispose of the lands in question, but the plaintiff insists that this disposition is void, and so that an undivided interest in them descended as intestate estate to Charles W. Spooner.
The testator, by a residuary devise, gave these lands to his executors in trust, to hold and manage, paying from the income, or proceeds of sales, to each of his three children…
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