Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Gates
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 7, 1935PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The will of Annah E. Gates, late of Hard-wick, Vt., deceased, was admitted to probate by the probate court within and for the district of Caledonia on January 25, 1933. The probate court found at that time that a complete will was executed by the testatrix; that a portion of the top of the first page of the will and a portion of the top of the second page were missing; that the missing parts were lost in a manner not to revoke the will. The court ordered that the construction of the instrument as the last will and testament of the testatrix should remain open for further hearings “as to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Adams v. AdamsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1849
- Boyden v. WardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1866
- Parkhurst v. Healy's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1923
- Stevens v. FlandersSupreme Court of Vermont · 1931
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Estate of WolffSupreme Court of Vermont · 1936
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